tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post1615784901897225103..comments2024-03-28T08:30:15.957+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Urban ArcheologyAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-72090303717163446942010-12-17T16:05:33.352+01:002010-12-17T16:05:33.352+01:00In the 50s and early 60s, in both London and Paris...In the 50s and early 60s, in both London and Paris, local exchanges had names that were encoded as the first three letters. In the 6eme arrondissement most phone numbers were like DANton 1234.<br /><br />One such number turns up in the film "A Bout de Souffle."expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369924104634464934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-71930568283740284502010-12-17T15:45:59.188+01:002010-12-17T15:45:59.188+01:00Il est triste que ces façades aient été rénovées, ...Il est triste que ces façades aient été rénovées, cependant il en est ainsi, il faut comprendre les nouveaux occupants notamment en ce qui concerne la signalisation même si elle s'insère et respecte la structure.<br /><br />Dans mes anciens agendas, j'ai la trace de numéros où manque l'indication de la région. 01., 02., 03. En quelle année cela a-t-il été institué ? Ce n'est pas Cergiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623905868861239570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-66717946685937574472010-12-14T21:15:13.468+01:002010-12-14T21:15:13.468+01:00It is fascinating to see such glimpses of the hist...It is fascinating to see such glimpses of the history of Paris - I love the way you have seized the seemingly innocuous phone number to date this sign. As a landscape historian, I am more used to using plans, maps, plants and styles to try to place an image in context. <br />There are almost always layers and half-hidden tokens to help us explore the past, but it is so easy not to see them.landscape loverhttp://landscapelover.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-73530546332710806562010-12-14T19:35:52.918+01:002010-12-14T19:35:52.918+01:00Human homes have their sentimentality, births and ...Human homes have their sentimentality, births and deaths etc. Yet, there is something even, for me, more bittersweet, the traces of ancient dreams, in ghost businesses and factories. The daily sweat creating something useful to an anonymous person perhaps far away, the joys of success or the frustration of failure, all of which I have experienced. The statistics are not good for most enterprises.Peter (the other)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13566863953900423495noreply@blogger.com