June 9th we got out again, undertaking an interesting bus ride to the Ranleigh stop in the 16th, to do an art nouveau architecture walk we'd done in past years...the first time, I think, in 2012. I am posting the 2025 pix below, just to reinforce the view that I always take the same pix, of the same things, from the same angles, etc. Plus a few new items of conceivable interest. Hector Guimard is the Paris architect of art nouveau fame, best known for his design of the Paris Metro entrances and similar things.
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16th street view; pretty nice place, if a little far out from
the center of things |
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| Guimard's very famous Castel Beranger |
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| Pretty characteristic |
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| First place, but of course |
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| Assorted views, flourishes |
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Interior of portal; alas, this is somebody's home, not
a museum, so you can't go in; I am courageously sticking
my phone through the grill work for this pic... |
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| Muy famoso |
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| More Guimard...Rue Agar |
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A small house Guimard designed in 1911; now part of the local lycee;
occasional gallery/hostel for artists |
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| Rare full dorsal view of a Rodin whose name I forgot |
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| Full frontal: "Oh crap, my phone's dead!" |
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| Interesting door; not Guimard |
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Art nouveau is over, but Guimard was still designing:
this is a proposed "mass-produced" home; didn't pan out |
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Mallet-Stevens was one of Guimard's successors, and a leader in the
art deco movement |
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| Thus |
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So we are walking along a pretty pocket park, minding our own
business, when up pops this BYD (Chinese EV), the first we have
seen; so deflating when, a few days later, Rebecca told us they actually
rode in one, an Uber, somewhere on their trip; she and Jeremy are
Tesla owners and thought the BYD was highly derivative... |
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