Rue Galande, rue Saint-Jacques
1926
Swedish architect and Art Nouveau master Ferdinand Boberg traded his drafting table for a sketchbook in 1926 to capture the gritty reality of Paris. Rather than a postcard-perfect view, he focused on the intersection of Rue Galande and Rue Saint-Jacques, where a massive wooden scaffolding structure clings to a tall building like a skeletal exoskeleton. Beneath the striped awnings of a street-level shop, tiny figures bustle about, grounding the towering, dilapidated architecture in everyday humanity. It’s a fascinating snapshot of urban transition, drawn with the sharp, structural eye of a man who knew how buildings really lived and died.
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