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34, rue Blondel, bustling of life, the miniscule bar of l'Escale, informs us
about the temperature ofthe street, one of the last hot streets of Paris, but
getting more and more lukewarm. There are certainly still a few "pretty
dames" rue Blondel, but the year 200 being a fact, more and more souvenirs
are to be catalogued. Next to it, in a boutique of "prêt-à-porter, the
indecent and naughty frescos, visible from the street, have been classified by
the Ministry of Culture in 1998. Same for no.32, the large room at the ground
floor with its interior decoration, difficult to inspect since protected by a
code. Until 1946, the 32-34 housed a brothel known in whole Paris. The Belles
Poules had Henry Miller as a guest, bring Anais Nin with him. You can read the
ultimate night before closure, grandeur and decadence in "Histoires de la
Nuit" by Louis Chevalier of the Collège de France.
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