The death of Jim Morrison is not the only mystery in the Rue Beautreillis. On this street where the leader of The Doors spent the last few months of his life and where he probably died, another door stands curiously alone. But what is it? How did a game invented by the YMCA in America cross the Atlantic in the late 19th century, and why has this Paris court survived so long? A trip to Elisabethville on the trace of old postcard locations leads me to abandoned beach resorts and experimental s architecture.
Paris Apartments Holiday apartments in Paris. The Longest Street in Paris An attempt to find the soul of the city's longest thoroughfare. Belgium by the Seine A trip to Elisabethville on the trace of old postcard locations leads me to abandoned beach resorts and experimental s architecture. Wednesday, 28 December The Top 5 posts of the year. As seems to be traditional at this time of year, here is yet another list.
Rather than just simply present the top 5 posts though, I have also added a few notes to explain why I picked the subject, why I think it found an audience, and what has happened since. Firstly though, on top of thanking everyone for visiting the site this year and for reading the posts, I'd just like to say how pleased I am that the list - which includes architecture, history, street art and a kind of diluted psychogeography - reflects the range of topics I try to present on this blog.
Top 5 most consulted posts of the year : 1. Stephan Sauvestre was just a name that I kept seeing etched into buildings in the 17th arrondissement, and the range of the creations he was involved with encouraged me to dig a little deeper. Discovering the connection to Gustave Eiffel was quite exciting, and it was clear that it should become the focus of the post.
I had vowed to myself to never feature the Eiffel Tower on this blog, but this was an invisible angle that I couldn't resist. Finally, including the name 'Eiffel Tower' in the title of a post also obviously helps bring in new readers! This exhibition though - a look at Paris as a battleground, both in reality and the imaginary - seemed worthy of investigation. I managed to get myself on the press list for the vernissage perhaps because they somehow confused me with a journalist from The Guardian newspaper!
