Passage du Grand-Cerf 02
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Passage du Grand-Cerf 02
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Passage du Grand-Cerf, Paris, France.
Vertical view of one of the surviving passages in Paris.
This beautiful passage was created in 1825 on the site of the Hotel du Grand Cerf. It is almost 12 m tall, making it one of the largest covered arcades in Paris. It is made of metal and wrought iron with a beautiful glass roof. It can be reached between numbers 8 and 10 on rue Dussoubs, and 145 on rue Saint-Denis 1 . It is extended to the east by the passage du Bourg-l'Abbé , and to the west by the rue Marie-Stuart. The passage du Grand-Cerf is home to shops of craftsmen, creators, decorators, fashion, designers and communication professions.
The covered passages were an early form of shopping arcade built in Paris, France during the first half of the 19th century. By the 1850s there were approximately 150 covered passages in Paris but many were lost during Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Only a score or so of passages remain, all on the Right Bank .
These covered passages always connected two streets, were all paved, covered with glass-ceilings, artificially illuminated at night (initially with gas lamps) and were privately owned. As they were devised for the high and upper-middle class to spend their time and money when the weather was foul and the streets were muddy, the passages held cafes, shops and restaurants, all highly ornamented and decorated.
Nowadays, a hidden treasure in Paris, antiques dealers and unique shops (old books, postcards, collectors' cameras, etc.) have set up in those passages, in perfect communion with the romantic decoration and lighting of these tiny holes in time.
As for Paris... what can one say about the City of Light that has not already been said...?
More views of Paris one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/paris
Weston Westmoreland.
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October 27th, 2020
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