Now and then

A modern ad on a kiosk against the side of a 17th century church as backdrop.

Small square

A square on Place des Abbesses with the blue Love Wall in the background.

Cupcakery

A cupcake shop and restaurant tucked behind Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Blue gorilla

A life-sized papier-mâché gorilla in a shop of curiosities.

Buchladen

A German language bookstore on a Montmartre side street.

Leap into eternity

Tomb of Vaslav Nijinsky, legendary Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in the Montmartre Cemetery.

 

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"Nijinsky’s story ends with him going crazy and thinking that he’s a horse." - Billy Wilder pitching a film idea to Sam Goldwyn from "Fat, Drunk, and Stupid: The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House" by Matty Simmons
 

Stripped

An old door on the Île Saint-Louis is readied for a new coat of paint.