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☆ Macron Says Booksellers Can Stay Put During Olympic Games
  + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Catherine Porter | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Gold-leafed books with engravings, 200-year-old leather-bound books, books so rare and precious they are wrapped carefully in cellophane before being nestled into place inside an antique wooden box set on the Seine’s stony shoulder for students, intellectuals, power brokers and tourists to browse. For centuries, the wooden bookstalls have been a fixture in the heart of Paris, and so when the city’s police, citing security concerns, ordered them closed during this summer’s Olympic Games, an uproar ensued. Now President Emmanuel Macron has stepped in. In a decision that resounded across the city this week, Mr. Maron deemed the booksellers “a living heritage of the capital” and said they could stay. It began with a citation from Albert Camus: “Everything that degrades culture shortens the paths that lead to servitude.”
Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Maron, “, Albert Camus, ” Organizations: Games, Le Monde Locations: cellophane, Paris, Le
☆ I'm an American who's lived in Paris for 2 years. Here are 6 things every tourist should do and 2 they can skip.
  + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Moriah Costa | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
The Seine is a river that runs through Paris. Moriah CostaIf you want to do what the locals do, have a picnic by the Seine. But I still recommend taking in the views from the banks of the Seine no matter what time of year it is. The banks are pretty easy to get to, and there's room to bike, walk, or even run. Don't forget to check out the famous bouquinistes, who sell books and souvenirs from small wooden stands along the river.
Persons: Moriah Costa Locations: Seine, The, Paris
☆ Paris Bookstalls Are Told to Relocate During Next Year’s Olympics
  + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle | Jenny Gross | More About Jenny Gross | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Today, the roughly 230 open-air booksellers, stationed along the Seine for about two miles, make up the largest open-air book market in Europe. About 170 of the stalls will be required to close for at least two weeks during the Paris Games, according to a copy of a document that city officials showed bouquinistes at a meeting last month. After the empty arenas of the Olympics in Tokyo, postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and in Beijing in 2022, organizers in Paris are aiming to bring back grandeur to the Games, which begin July 26. In Paris, with its perfectly preserved mid-19th-century facades, there is more concern about preserving traditions and elements of the city during the Olympic Games than in other cities. The city allows bouquinistes to sell rent-free, but some have had to resort to selling cheap souvenirs rather than books to earn a living.
Persons: Tony Travers Organizations: Paris Games, Eiffel, Olympic, International Olympic Committee, Paris police, Olympic Games, London School of Economics Locations: Europe, Tokyo, Beijing, Paris, Versailles, London, East London, bouquinistes
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