Lamppost

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Lamppost
Jardin Atlantique
Gare Montparnasse
Quartier Necker, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Île des Hespérides

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Île des Hespérides (Isle of the Hesperides)
Jardin Atlantique
Gare Montparnasse
Quartier Necker, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Jardin Atlantique

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Jardin Atlantique
Gare Montparnasse
Quartier Necker, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms of the Gare Montparnasse railway station. It has an area of 3.4 hectares. It was created by the landscape architects Brun, Penna and Schnitzler, and opened in 1994.” (Jardin Atlantique, Wikipedia)

Cordonnerie

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Cordonnerie
Rue de la Grande-Chaumière
Quartier Notre-Dame-des-Champs, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Académie de la Grande Chaumière

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Académie de la Grande Chaumière
Rue de la Grande-Chaumière
Quartier Notre-Dame-des-Champs, 6th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The Académie de la Grande Chaumière is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, France. The school was founded in 1904 by the Catalan painter Claudio Castelucho, in rue de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, near to the Académie Colarossi. From 1909 the Académie was jointly directed by the painters Martha Stettler, Alice Dannenberg and Lucien Simon. It was dedicated to both painting and sculpture. It did not teach the strict academic rules of painting of the École des Beaux-Arts, and led to art that was free from academic constraints. An attraction was the low level of fees, even lower than those of the Académie Julian (which had to be paid in advance). It was said that all that was provided was a model and warmth in the winter. In 1957, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière was acquired by the Charpentier family, founders of the Charpentier Academy. It still operates under its original name, and provides two free workshops, one for painting and drawing, the other for sketches, as well as evening classes.” (Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Wikipedia)

Bricks and stones

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Bricks and stones
Rue Campagne-Première
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Rue Campagne-Première

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Building by André Arfvidson, 1912
Rue Campagne-Première
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Fondation Cartier

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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Boulevard Raspail
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Maine-Montparnasse Tower

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Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower)
Avenue du Maine
Quartier Necker, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Guilloton Boulanger Patissier

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Guilloton Boulanger Patissier
Boulevard Raspail
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Tour du Moulin de la Charité

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Tour du Moulin de la Charité
Cimetière du Montparnasse
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Rue Jules-Guesde

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Crèche laïque de Plaisance
Rue Jules-Guesde
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Place Constantin-Brancusi

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Apartment building by Antoine Grumbach, 1985
Place Constantin-Brancusi
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Hotel Bleu Marine

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Hotel Bleu Marine
Rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Logements sociaux

Social housing by Philippe Alluin and Jean-Paul Mauduit, 1986
Rue Pernety
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Coutures-Pernety

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Coutures-Pernety
Rue Pernety
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Square du Cardinal-Wyszynski

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Fontaine du square du Cardinal-Wyszynski
Rue Vercingétorix
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Les Échelles du Baroque

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Les Échelles du Baroque by Ricardo Bofill, 1985
Place de Séoul
Quartier de Plaisance, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“The project completed in 1985 by the international team Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura was part of a renovation program in Paris 14th arrondissement, near Montparnasse train station. Within this sensitive context the respect to the configuration of the existing urban tissue demanded a specific architectonic vocabulary. By applying the essence of baroque architecture the façade is not a mere wall, it breaks the established rigidity imposed by the industrial building system and becomes a décor for the city. In designing the buildings the team confronted two imperatives: to respect the urban context and to obtain a formal relationship with the interior spaces of the project. Les Échelles du Baroque consists of a building apartment surrounding a circular plaza which, by its axial condition, encloses the project perspectives; behind this space, two clearly differentiated apartment blocks define two additional plazas: one elliptical and the other amphitheatre-shaped. The façades facing the elliptical plaza define an elliptical space as the Italian baroque plazas. For these façades the architectural team used a curtain wall with glass columns that add rhythm to the design and become the bow-windows of the apartments. The three buildings contain 274 apartments over seven floors with a basement level for car park (300 cars). The ground floor contains apartments, shops, offices and workshops. The geometry of the apartments is based on the combination of modules in plan. The basic apartment module is 65 sqm (3 bedroom apartment unit).” (Les Échelles du Baroque, Wikipedia)

Gare Montparnasse

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Gare Montparnasse
Boulevard Pasteur
Quartier Necker, 15th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Hippopotamus

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Hippopotamus
Boulevard du Montparnasse / Rue du Départ
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Gaumont Parnasse

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Gaumont Parnasse
Rue d'Odessa
Quartier du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Frédéric Nérac - Guy-André Kieffer

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Frédéric Nérac - Guy-André Kieffer
Place des Antilles
Quartier Sainte-Marguerite, 11th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

“Frédéric Nérac (1960 – unknown, declared dead 21 October 2005) was a French journalist, reported missing in Iraq since 22 March 2003. On 21 October 2005 he was officially declared dead in absentia, though no body has been found.” (Frédéric Nérac, Wikipedia)
“Guy-André Kieffer (born 25 May 1949) is a journalist of dual French and Canadian nationality who worked in West Africa generally, and in Côte d'Ivoire specifically. On April 16, 2004, he was kidnapped from an Abidjan parking lot and has not been seen since. In early 2012 remains suspected to belong to Kieffer were found in the department of Issia, in the west of Côte d'Ivoire.” (Guy-André Kieffer, Wikipedia)

La République

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La République (The Republic) by Jules Dalou, 1879
Jardin de Marianne, Place de la Nation
Quartier de Picpus, 12th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Chapelle Saint-Yves

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Chapelle Saint-Yves, 1925
Cité du Souvenir
Rue Saint-Yves
Quartier du Parc-de-Montsouris, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Tapissier

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Tapissier
Rue Saint-Yves
Quartier du Parc-de-Montsouris, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Villa Seurat

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Corner building
Villa Seurat / Rue de la Tombe-Issoire
Quartier du Parc-de-Montsouris, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Institut dentaire George-Eastman

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Institut dentaire George-Eastman
Rue George-Eastman
Seen from the Parc de Choisy
Quartier de la Gare, 13th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Mairie du 14eme

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Mairie du 14e arrondissement
Buste de la République by Jean Baffier, 1886
Place Ferdinand-Brunot
Quartier du Petit-Montrouge, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

L'Action

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L'Action by Raymond Delamarre, 1934
Mairie annexe du 14e arrondissement
Rue Pierre-Castagnou
Quartier du Petit-Montrouge, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Dragées Chocolats

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Former “Dragées Chocolats” sign
Avenue du Général-Leclerc
Quartier du Petit-Montrouge, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005

Rue Bezout

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Corner building by ED Architectes, 1988
Rue Hallé / Rue Bezout
Quartier du Petit-Montrouge, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2005