Notre appartement et notre voisinage

Pix of our neighborhood are scattered through the past hundred or so posts from Paris, but I thought I'd collect a few together and add some shots from our apartment, May-July.

Our street, Rue de Nice, just off Rue Charonne; Charonne
was an out-lying village until incorporated into Paris in the
mid-19th century; Rue de Nice was named to commemorate
Nice's becoming French about the same time (it had previously
been part of the House of Savoy, didn't you know)

Our apartment building; plain and simple and
unadorned, etc; the apartment itself was plain
and simple and unadorned; but adequate

We were on the 6th floor, served, happily, by the micro-
elevator

Somehow we managed to acquire fridge magnets
in Paris; the door was metal and had three
siege-proof locks

Living area

Dining area

Kitchen

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

Bath

Sun-dial/amphitheater in the big park down the street where
we would take Penelope

Fountain in the park

Little kids' play area

The butcher down the street; already shut down for the
August fermeture

The closest of three bakery/pastry shops, half a block away

An open-book landmark on Rue Charonne

The local Picard, on Boulevard Voltaire; one of the curiosities
of Paris, we thought: there are Picards all over the city, every
few blocks, like Starbucks in a US city; Picard is a strictly
frozen-food store...gourmet and international stuff...frozen;
this is where you can get your frozen sushi...!

Statue of Leon Blum at Place Leon Blum;
mostly by osmosis, I managed to learn a bit
of French history and politics

The part of the 11th we lived in was not
quite gentrified, although soon to be; anyhow,
scattered among the mostly residential blocks
were a variety of artisans' shops I always
intended to photograph...a shoe-maker,
carpentry/wood-working, even a shop that
made costume hats for historical movies,
plays, TV shows

And finally, the G20 at the corner; about half the size of a
7-11, crammed with the merchandise of a Safeway!