The Passage du Chantier is a narrow, cobblestone lane that runs for one hundred and twenty meters between the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and the Rue de Charenton. Opened in eighteen forty-two, it takes its name from a former firewood…
Bastille Courtyards and Artisans
Sneak past the bustling main streets into the peaceful, ivy-draped courtyards where Paris's traditional woodworkers, metalsmiths, and designers still run their quiet workshops.
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1. Passage du Chantier
2. Cour de l étoile d or
The Cour de l’Étoile d’Or is a narrow, elongated passage hidden behind a discrete opening at seventy-five Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. This site is defined by two successive courtyards that shift from a residential past to a history of…
3. Cour des 3 Frères
The Cour des Trois Frères is a narrow, hundred-meter-long passage at eighty-one rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine. You can identify it by the small glass canopies, or verrières, that intermittently cover the cobbled ground, and by the name of…
4. Passage Lhomme
Passage Lhomme is a private cobblestone alleyway in the eleventh arrondissement, stretching one hundred twenty-two meters between Rue de Charonne and Passage Josset. You can identify the entrance at number twenty-six Rue de Charonne, where…
5. Passage de la Main d'Or
The Passage de la Main d’Or is a narrow, two-hundred-and-fifty-meter-long walkway connecting the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine to the Rue de Charonne. Unlike the glass-roofed arcades found in other parts of Paris, this is an open-air…
6. Cour de l'Industrie
The Cour de l'Industrie is a sequence of three paved, Z-shaped courtyards tucked behind number thirty-seven bis rue de Montreuil. You can identify the site by its eight timber-framed buildings that house workshops on the ground floor and…