I mentioned in my last post that I would come back with some photos of some nice little streets around the top of Rue de Menilmontant (see map on previous post).
There are e.g. some small and more or less private alleys – Cité Leroy, Villa de l’Ermitage...- with individual houses and small gardens; the way many of us would like to live. Even in this traditionally “popular” area, it’s getting expensive and the original type of population will probably soon have disappeared. The whole area is getting more and more fashionable. At least, some of these alleys and houses will remain, partly due to difficult ground conditions; so much plaster stone has been extracted here that the ground is like a gruyere cheese.
I recently discovered another little alley close to the Montmartre cemetery, Cité Pilleux, with some kind of continuation on the opposite side of the perhaps not so immediately attractive Avenue de Saint Ouen. Here the gates are more or less closed.
I recently discovered another little alley close to the Montmartre cemetery, Cité Pilleux, with some kind of continuation on the opposite side of the perhaps not so immediately attractive Avenue de Saint Ouen. Here the gates are more or less closed.
I wish you a nice weekend!
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