Galeries Lafayette

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4HWJtJJb1ZILImho2f9cFTFFgB5EgHZ_OU36C0QLGlbiN1pPS1jAbAUXFQr-jH5sJ5S5bdxt2tLRIq4UyuRv0vBVd-Vj9xLfswY-8svY_vW_7Ny8V_jvX2_EldzXeyeWYPttf0FHr7g/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00030blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539577061315802818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj4HWJtJJb1ZILImho2f9cFTFFgB5EgHZ_OU36C0QLGlbiN1pPS1jAbAUXFQr-jH5sJ5S5bdxt2tLRIq4UyuRv0vBVd-Vj9xLfswY-8svY_vW_7Ny8V_jvX2_EldzXeyeWYPttf0FHr7g/s640/2009+dec+paris+00030blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />Taken in December 2009, the neo-Byzantine stained glass cupola of Galeries Lafayette becomes the "theatre of the holiday season" with a multi-storied display. Each year's design seems to out-do the previous, and I am anxious to return to see what <em>les grands magasins</em> have in store for 2010!<br /><br />Galeries Lafayette's Haussmann Boulevard is Belle Epoque architecture modeled after a mideastern bazaar. Although this photo is looking from the bottom floor up (rez de chaussée), Laurent of <a href="http://dailyphotoparis.blogspot.com/2010/10/perfumes-at-galeries-lafayette.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Daily Photo in Paris</strong></span> </a>has a wonderful view looking down from le troisième étage.<br /><br /><br /><div align="center">"Something is always happening at Galeries Lafayette!"</div><div align="center">40, boulevard Haussmann</div>

Galeries Lafayette

Taken in December 2009, the neo-Byzantine stained glass cupola of Galeries Lafayette becomes the "theatre of the holiday season" w...

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Le Printemps -- en été

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHV_9zkH9wbx-Ou2bp6cpUaWj_4dJnJudv-IBzPj-yHU0tB8sYl0LuTOnqjifneOEIRFfagoS3qJJLmCOmUtXkQYplRTCNsVmiMGxp78j2nxuIpUJI1ZYK45xuqYUJ5h_rVuYfCAlSE/s1600/2010+0621+Paris+recovered+00084regular.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521050801863586994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHV_9zkH9wbx-Ou2bp6cpUaWj_4dJnJudv-IBzPj-yHU0tB8sYl0LuTOnqjifneOEIRFfagoS3qJJLmCOmUtXkQYplRTCNsVmiMGxp78j2nxuIpUJI1ZYK45xuqYUJ5h_rVuYfCAlSE/s640/2010+0621+Paris+recovered+00084regular.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">One of the grand magasins of Paris, Printemps is housed in an exceptional building which has recently been renovated. Laurent of </span><a href="http://dailyphotoparis.blogspot.com/2010/10/from-printemps-rooftop.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Daily Photo in Paris</strong></span> </span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">recently posted the renovations as photographed from the roof-top terrace. Below you can see the "before" photo I took two years ago.</span></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb5iBnz9xzkY-j5qfxeRqhgNnd-E-TbTWHuVLUFozvS9u9PVAAhsiY_kfAnRIZYycVwdbUmyew4CAkCbZPQIi7O9_HmD2QzKPMxxqZZEh_RxUytCRvAa-7p96L2S9BqQkG3_QUFJg2t4/s1600/2007+dec+Paris+DSC_0102before.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527361388284574850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBb5iBnz9xzkY-j5qfxeRqhgNnd-E-TbTWHuVLUFozvS9u9PVAAhsiY_kfAnRIZYycVwdbUmyew4CAkCbZPQIi7O9_HmD2QzKPMxxqZZEh_RxUytCRvAa-7p96L2S9BqQkG3_QUFJg2t4/s320/2007+dec+Paris+DSC_0102before.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">We'll come back here again as I have not yet told "the hat story" and other Printemps adventures.</span></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><em>Le Printemps<br />64, boulevard Haussmann </em></div>

Le Printemps -- en été

One of the grand magasins of Paris, Printemps is housed in an exceptional building which has recently been renovated. Laurent of Daily Photo...

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