{"id":6500,"date":"2022-03-25T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/london-lover.com\/the-rue-de-londres-the-most-english-of-parisian-streets\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:28:21","slug":"the-rue-de-londres-the-most-english-of-parisian-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/london-lover.com\/en\/the-rue-de-londres-the-most-english-of-parisian-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"The rue de Londres: the most English of Parisian streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rue de Londres in Paris, in the immediate vicinity of the Gare Saint-Lazare and the Carrefour de l’Europe, has its origins in the 18th century with the Tivoli park, a holiday resort frequented by Parisian high society. After its disappearance, the entire neighborhood underwent a great upheaval to meet the population growth and housing needs.<\/p>\n

This street of the 8th and 9th districts of Paris, 510 meters long, starts at the n\u00b01 of the rue de Clichy and ends at the place de l’Europe.<\/p>\n

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History of the rue de Londres in Paris<\/h2>\n

\"Rue-de-londres-paris\"<\/p>\n

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The rue de Londres – 510 meters long – is located in the VIIIth and IXth arrondissement in Paris and more precisely in the Europe district. This district was created at the beginning of the 19th century by two land speculators: the Swedish banker Jonas-Philip Hagerman, and Sylvain Mignon, locksmith to King Charles X. They developed a star-shaped plan centered on the Place de l’Europe, around which they drew a network of 24 streets bearing the names of major European cities: Madrid, Vienna, London, Berlin (which became Li\u00e8ge in August 1914!), St. Petersburg (which changed its name according to the ups and downs of Greater Russia: Leningrad, Petrograd…) and Constantinople (because Turkey was already knocking on Europe’s door…).<\/p>\n

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Rue de Londres was one of the first streets to be opened up and where elegant private mansions were built, with facades decorated with colonnades and bas-reliefs. Aristocrats and high finance personalities settled there.<\/p>\n

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\"House-close-street-london\"

Albert Brichaut, Collection of photographs on the Parisian brothels, 2 rue de Londres 1900<\/p><\/div>\n

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At number 2<\/strong> rue de Londres<\/strong>, was the former brothel<\/strong> where Am\u00e9lie \u00c9lie, a famous French prostitute, known in the Apache milieu of Paris during the Belle \u00c9poque as Casque d’Or, ended her career.<\/p>\n

According to \u00c9mile Chautard (1864-1934, French-born American actor and director), she was a common prostitute “stinking of mouth at fifteen paces. In 1952, his story inspired Jacques Becker’s film Casque d’or<\/em>, which made the actress Simone Signoret famous.<\/p>\n

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\"google-rue-londres-paris\"<\/p>\n

In 2011, the headquarters of Google France<\/strong> moved to 8 rue de Londres<\/strong> in the Hotel de Vatry, after a meticulous restoration and modernization of the spaces.<\/p>\n

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\"16-rue-londres-paris\"<\/p>\n

The former Cr\u00e9dit de<\/strong> France building at no. 16<\/strong> rue de Londres<\/strong> was built in 1881 by architect Jean-Jacques Revel, who designed the building in an eclectic style, combining Ionic columns, pilasters, pediments and neo-Renaissance friezes on the fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n

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