European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F r a n c e i Bastille neighbourhood comes Back to life by Christopher Reynolds los Angeles times the Rich get Richer. And Paris which did t particularly need another Lively neighbourhood has one despite the gloom of recession throughout Europe the last few years have brought new eateries operatic strains modern architecture daring galleries and Youthful Energy to the formerly workaday and Blue Collar parisian neighbourhood surrounding the old Bastille prison site. The Bastille building itself Long associated with the revolution of 1789, is Long gone. But the july column the 170-foot-High Monolith commemorating lives lost As 19th-Century parisians struggled against later oppressors is surrounded each night weather permitting by alfresco diners strolling musicians preening motorcyclists and general hubbub. Arnaud Dupont a 28-year-old parisian i found dining in the elegant Bistro do dome then in its fourth month of operation just a Block from the july column explained it All this Way when the District of Montmartre got very Boring because it got taken Over by second generation no trendy adults people came .here./v. ,.- beyond that added his Friend Rolande Claude the  the pop culture kids in this neighbourhood happened to agree with the ambitions of local government. Paris s politicians really want to see this area grow in popularity Claude said. It used to be a real  All this Energy caught me off guard when i straggled into the neighbourhood last summer. The place de la Bastille lies at the East end of the City on the right Bank of the Seine River and acts As a Hub from which the City s 4th, 11 the and 12th arrondissement radiate. Its neighbors include the Marais District an area once regal later neglected and resurgent again with government backing Over the last 30 years. Still until recently the Bastille area was Best known As a neighbourhood of furniture finishing shops and wholesale wine. Warehouses i had come to the Bastille area because the hotels were cheaper than in the fancier neighbourhoods near the City \ by s to i s \ glow on passersby. On weekend nights the press of students and Young revellers makes automobile passage Down the narrow Lane almost impossible. On the night of my tour in the crepes show restaurant at 51 Rue de Lappe half a dozen fish circled in a Globe shaped fishbowl a mannequin stood draped in Black by the door and two dozen Candle lit late night diners conspired Over Lemon chocolate and banana crepes. At tapas Nocturne at 17 Rue de Lappe bullfight paintings Hung on a Stone Wall and a pair of guitarists flailed furiously sounding about As Spanish As a practitioner of flamenco can sound. Instead they turned out to be representatives of the new Europe without Borders the new world without continued on Page 4. November 3, 1994 stripes Magazine