Photography by Godfrey Frankel, NYC, 1947
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strolling around paris, france.
パリでぶらぶら。
paris trip vlog
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Richard Q Miller captures the Long Lane Launderette, 2017.
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Wine and Charme enoantiquoteca - Catania, Sicily
Photo by Charles Reeza
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Friday False Advertising… When the store doesn’t sell what the storefront advertises.
From À La Renommée des Herbes Cuites Grossiste (grocer-caterer) to La Renommée restaurant.
This one was a labor of love. I first notice this store front (bottom left photo) about a year ago but I had many other pictures to post so I delayed posting, then a few months ago the front "cover" was taken down; a few more weeks I could see that they were working on it (bottom right photo) so I waited patiently. It took me 4 or 5 more trips (luckily I live nearby so I would often make a small detour) to take the final picture because there were always either construction rubbish or several trash bins in front of it. #PatienceRewarded.
“À la Renommée des Herbes Cuites”, former 19th century sign of a grocer-caterer. The building dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The Historic Monuments classified the facade in 1984. Until the end of the 19th century the sign had a different name "La Renommée des Epinards” (spinach fame?) which became "À la Renommée des Herbes Cuites" (cooked herbs fame?) at the beginning of the 20th century. A change of name but not of vocation, this grocery store serves as a market gardener, creamery and butcher. Its originality is underlined by the unusual position of the displays under glass placed on the first floor of the building. It is rare to find advertising texts associated with the brand at such height. The permanent descriptive panels, gold lettering on black marble, announced the specialties of the trade and the foods available.
*** During my "flânerie", I often notice the beautiful old storefronts, some are even listed as historical monuments but the ones I prefer are the ones where the storefront and the actual store don’t have anything in common... my “False Advertising” series ***
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Name: Fashion Paradox.
Address: 2 New Oxford Street, London.
Shop type: Gothic clothes retailer.
Status: Presumably closed after the street was demolished for the regeneration, maybe move online onto Ebay?
A crappy basic pixel art follow up of my Google Map shop location post. Someone more talented can add in details if they wish, (though please credit me and or link back here).
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Shop Front
November 2023, North West London
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I love a good shopfront painting. Here’s one, entitled Screwed from the excellent Michelle Heron.
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Original remnant tile work on an Edwardian era shopfront. More than 100 years old. These used to be common on pubs & butcher's shops, for some reason. Leichhardt.
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