49 rue Didot (futur square du Moulin-Vert)
1926
Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg wandered the streets of Paris in 1926, finding charm in the gritty, working-class corners of the city. This sketch captures a humble laundry shop ('Mendiserie Fournil') on rue Didot, where clothes hang on a line and a tiny doghouse sits guard. The inscription notes this spot would soon become the 'Square du Moulin-Vert,' preserving a fleeting moment of everyday life just before the neighborhood was transformed. It's a wonderful time capsule of a Paris that was rapidly modernizing.
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