Passage Jouffroy VIII

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9627741838/" title="2011 0418 DSC_0331 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 0418 DSC_0331" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3712/9627741838_84440c0b32_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post),</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Almost two centuries old, the iron and glass ceilings remain.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are a few shops that have not changed over the years, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">but you will note the candy shop sign which I have seen all over Europe.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The lamps that line both sides of the passage are my favorite detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon weekend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Passage Jouffroy</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris </span></i></span>

Passage Jouffroy VIII

Passage Jouffroy Just adjacent to the Café Grevin (yesterday's post), is one of the entrances to Passage Jouffroy. Almost two centuries ...

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Passage Jouffroy - II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJQk8fskaUL_E9c1ip_OstHrb-sKUr66nEeemVVihbHnIE8bzX65_yxl5VDbWmFgc1h2MqsZ7UoIz0_syvEJUmZXJD8UfZtrsVNdIWNwB51adbOlAwh1JoiiefNFNeGZbV-9ajmK_yow/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0376.jpg" width="424" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the filtered light of Passage Jouffroy, one can sit for a moment in a chair, have a sip of café, and then buy it all when one is ready to depart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Passage Jouffroy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10-12, boulevard Montmartre </div>9, rue de la Grange Batelière <br />75009 Paris <br /><br /><div></div><div></div>

Passage Jouffroy - II

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Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641266789520916690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuyQq1LPSXhxTLWgJeTZn886FUX3F_CCCxI7vg3LlDyVS5dIOpihni_DklSR3e01L3dUJKlk45hAYVKSj6IKZrH1TExC85njBSqtRATNDQQLNYeQ2U5oC5SSVM0OOhtb4lwVITqn-Boc/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0338-1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries. For what purpose is that door and where might it lead? Is there anyone looking out over the many pedestrians of the passage each day?</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If it seems that I am suggesting it is haunted or slightly askew, I have been reading Deborah Lawrenson's wonderful book, <strong>The Lantern,</strong> just published by HarperCollins in the USA. A novelist and journalist, she and her husband live in a crumbling house in the Luberon which is the inspiration for her captivating, haunting book. You can check out her blog </span><a href="http://deborah-lawrenson.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">*always remember to look up</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />10-12, boulevard Montmartre<br /><br />9, rue de la Grange Batelière<br /><br />75009 Paris<br /><br />

Passage Jouffroy - un mystère?

As one looks up* in Passage Jouffroy, the iron and glass ceiling catches the eye along with the lamps, ever-present for almost two centuries...

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