les halles

Paris 1962
before les halles,
the "belly of paris"
was torn down
for 800 years
les halles was the
central wholesale
market of paris



brewing revolution
with its pungent cheeses,
loitering thieves, lively cafés
and jungle of steel arcades.

"sending the blood of life
through every vein of the city"

emile zola
le ventre de paris