European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The Pompidou Centre houses the National museum of modern arts amps Michael Abramss amps Peter Jaeger the go ode Cinema a huge polished steel Ball shaped building has a 180-degree-curved movie screen. It s located at parc de la Villette next to the cit4 Des sciences markets and other out of the Way places the weekend is Flea Market time for parisians. The most famous and largest is at Porte de clog Vancourt though this is not where you la find the Best bargains. For those go to the bustling paces at Montreuil a you never know what you la find a or the More antique wares at Porte de valves. A Les Buttes Chaumont. Metro Buttes Chaumont. Baron Haussmann is famous for creating the grands boulevards of the City but he also designed Paris most picturesque unto Risty Park. Families Young children and dogs promenade through its 60 acres of rolling Hillside on a sunday afternoon. There Are great views Over Montmartre Grotto games of Boute and puppet shows for Les passages. My Tro Rue Montmartre. You la need a Good map to explore the 19th-Century, Glass roofed passages that criss Cross Between the brands boulevards and it s still easy to miss an Entrance. Some have been expensively restored like the Gat Erie Vivienne which is Why you la find a Gaultier boutique arid a Chic Tea Salon. In the grand passage Des panoramas there Are old bookshops while the rag Trade dominates the passage do Brasserie Bofinger. M6tro Bastille. To take a meal in a traditional Brasserie is to. Experience a real slice of parisian life. They Are institutions rather than Mere restaurants. At Lipp or Balzar you May Brush shoulders with politicians or intellectuals while film stars still sit out at la couple and be dome. The pied de Cochon never closes but Bofinger is the one that has it All do Cor Good food age it s the oldest Brasserie and most of All Pompidou hotel de Ville. Parisians actually refer to Richard Rogers still incredible design As Quot be Aubourg Quot and despite slagging it off for years have now grown to like it just As it s getting shabby. The Piazza with its buskers and fire eaters is packed and Lively the modern Art collection on the fifth floor is outstanding and fashionable poseurs and wannabes crowd the Terrace of the minimalist caf6 be Aubourg a not quite a modern Day Deus Magot sly March d Aligre. Metro Ledru Rollin. Bastille is the funkiest most exciting area today a new kind of Bohemian Paris and nothing typifies it better than the area around the Marche d Aligre. The old covered Market is full of gastronomic goodies the colourful Street stalls with noisy Arab traders Are dirt cheap and at weekends there s a Flea Market too. Have a Glass of wine at the nearby Baron Rouge where there is often live Muse de la vie rom antique. Metro Bigalte. A a few minutes South of the sex shops on Boulevard de Clichy discover the other Side of Pialle once termed new a discreet Entrance on Rue Chatal leads through a Lovely Garden to a hidden pastel Villa one of Paris Many charming Small museums dedicated to the life of the writer George Sand. On nearby Rue Fontaine Don t miss Denise Acabo s chocolate shop Pere Lachaise. My Tro Pere Lachaise. This is More than just a cemetery it s a City within a City with its tree lined boulevards statues and monuments and of course famous inhabitants. It s also free to visit apart from an indispensable map and you la he surprised just How Many people make a pilgrimage Here be it to visit Jim. Morrison s shabby grave Edith Piaf s Flower strewn Tomb or the magnificent Epstein sculpture dedicated to Oscar Wilde. A la mosque de Paris. Rue , Hilaire. My Tro place Monge. Constructed in the Early 20s, this building is a fascinating mix of moroccan algerian and lebanese influences. There Are Shady gardens with Cool tiles and tall Cedar Trees and an arabian Salon de the Complete with scented Wood huge cushions Sticky cakes and delicious mint la Viloette v m6tro Porte de la Villette. Set in what was once the City s cattle Market and Abattoir this is now a vast Complex of highly original museums concert hails canals and Parks. The cite Des sciences manages to be really exciting while children adore the cite desenfants. Be warned you la never get them out a John Brunton july 21, 1994 stripes Magazine 1 7
