tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post3582777039898475599..comments2024-03-17T00:08:48.923-04:00Comments on Beyond the Gilded Age: Les Grands Magasins DufayelZach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-18654268794078369992017-12-02T15:34:29.696-05:002017-12-02T15:34:29.696-05:00Hello Hart
I am a french journalist and some years...Hello Hart<br />I am a french journalist and some years ago i wrote an article about the story of dufayel département store and now i want to write a book about it. Have you some photography of this department store during Ww11? Best regards <br />Annick amarannick@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609689211517845714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-54439280644023445942012-07-25T12:54:15.529-04:002012-07-25T12:54:15.529-04:00WW11 my military police Company was operating out ...WW11 my military police Company was operating out of DUFAYEL. Of course it was not full of merchandise or open to the public. Before we were stationed there the Germans used it. Interestingly, the staircase was closed off and we had to walk up to our sleeping quarters. At only 17 yrs. old it was still a great experience for me though.HARTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-56251503915125513332012-01-19T20:41:55.788-05:002012-01-19T20:41:55.788-05:00You might be interested in the link between the Du...You might be interested in the link between the Dufayel department store and the life of George Melies, as depicted in the movie "Hugo." http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/discovery-in-a-dairy-shed/<br /><br />The link is through the architect who enlarged the Grands Magasins Dufayel -- Gustave Rives. He also designed the Hotel Astoria in Paris. http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/one-address-many-stories/<br /><br />Was this Belle Epoque hotel ever featured in Architectural Record?Parisian Fieldshttp://parisianfields.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-9758549127878785612012-01-19T13:35:09.086-05:002012-01-19T13:35:09.086-05:00Just remember -- the price of this building was pa...Just remember -- the price of this building was passed along to Dufayel's customers.The Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-62320853675920839612012-01-18T20:08:07.364-05:002012-01-18T20:08:07.364-05:00Zach, I spend much of my life avoiding having to g...Zach, I spend much of my life avoiding having to go to Target and its brethen. I'd be far more likely to become a power shopper if this were my option (speaking of which, ever been in the old Wanamaker's store in Philadelphia? It's organ court is shopping of a high order.<br /><br />How wonderful is this building. The French did Belle Epoque lush better than anybody. They owned it.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-72040644338889706132012-01-18T19:01:12.202-05:002012-01-18T19:01:12.202-05:00Wow,that staircase is incredible! Just imagine ho...Wow,that staircase is incredible! Just imagine how long it must have taken the ladies to get dressed and ready just to go shopping in that magnificent place.Tinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-33820133293184055552012-01-18T18:03:41.075-05:002012-01-18T18:03:41.075-05:00You guys are too hard on Target! Why, just look a...You guys are too hard on Target! Why, just look at this fabulous staircase:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookenp/5493013732/JohnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243178919939710496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-87805524958833323792012-01-18T14:20:51.772-05:002012-01-18T14:20:51.772-05:00On the flip side...could you imagine spending your...On the flip side...could you imagine spending your day at Target not to buy anything but instead to take in the incredible architecture? <br /><br />That thought gives me a chuckle. <br /><br />From La Belle Époque to Le Rabais Époque.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-20640513921759423302012-01-18T13:20:42.122-05:002012-01-18T13:20:42.122-05:00Also last post, promise, lol, but thanks for the g...Also last post, promise, lol, but thanks for the google link, I took a left turn at Restaurant GiGi this morning and took a leisurely drive around Paris.archibuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-67348918091798903642012-01-18T13:13:52.784-05:002012-01-18T13:13:52.784-05:00Very sad really, we expect so little these days fr...Very sad really, we expect so little these days from our built environment. We walk around almost immune to the fact that with few exeptions we just dont care about building anything of lasting value. We live in a vinyl/dry-vit/fiberglass/styrofoam/plastic age.archibuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-64183514592673947742012-01-18T12:58:43.914-05:002012-01-18T12:58:43.914-05:00Could you imagine a staircase like that in the mid...Could you imagine a staircase like that in the middle of a Target? Les Grands Magasins Targét.Zach L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-52531772872029335162012-01-18T12:52:30.377-05:002012-01-18T12:52:30.377-05:00Beats the local mall by a mile. A.T. Stewart knew ...Beats the local mall by a mile. A.T. Stewart knew how to impress his shoppers as well did Strauss and the many early founders of such shopping emporiums as Siegel-Copper, O'Neills,, Adams Dry Goods, Lord and Taylors and Altmans in NYC to name but a few. Now one rushes into a Big Box warehouse store or a Walmart. Depressingly banal indeed.archibuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1065946066745731728.post-5373151743840457382012-01-18T10:09:19.984-05:002012-01-18T10:09:19.984-05:00Alexander Turney Stewart would have understood !Alexander Turney Stewart would have understood !Old Grey Dognoreply@blogger.com