Tuesday, April 25, 2006

At Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:54:00 AM, Paul G. said...: I went to a place called Pigalle once.
At Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:24:00 AM, Clo said...: I made some research and found what was 9, Place Pigalle. It was, at the end of the 19th c., a place names Café de la Nouvelle Athènes. There is a link here, but unfortunately, as I just discovered, it has been demolished.

It is suppose to have been a very important place of reunion for the greatest artist of that time. Some of the pics on that link are by Atget...
At Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:36:00 AM, Paul G. said...: Oh no!
I had a vile drink there when I was in Paris.
It was a place of magic and history...
I don't understand why they would demolish it, the artists that haunted the place infected many people who visited.
I am mortified.
At Tuesday, April 25, 2006 8:04:00 AM, Clo said...: Yes, it was a shock for me too! I thought that kind of place was more protected than that! It seems that the people living in that "arrondissement" had made a petition or something like that.

If you Google "9 Place Pigalle" you will find more info.
At Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:33:00 PM, Paul G. said...: I think the place I had the drink was 66 Place. It is gone now as well.

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