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The neighbourhood where we live is called « Bécon-les-Bruyères », it is situated at the intersection of three towns : Courbevoie, Asnières-sur-Seine and Bois-Colombes.
The train station of Bécon-les-bruyères was opened to the public in 1891 and then buildings started to appear around the station, as it happened in all the Parisian suburbs at that time. Even though, they were mainly buildings with flats to let, each of them had it own style! They are often rather colourful because bricks were often used in this period. Architects used to play with the different colours or finish of enameled bricks to draw patterns on the façade.
During the second lockdown, my friend Anne-Laure and I met every thursday for a walk in our neighbourhood.I had pulled out from my library the excellent book by Historian Pierre Mignot about Paris façades. We often started our walk at the station. Buildings from the same period can be so different. We also noticed the houses. It was important at that time to be close to the railway, close to modernity. There are a lot of very big and very nice houses near the railways. Each walk offered us some nice discoveries, this is what you are going to hear in today’s episode.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I also run the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photo is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
CYF 010 — La fête de la viole de gambe
CYF 009 — Blanc comme neige 3/4 : Chenonceau
CYF 008 — La rue de Maubeuge à l’aller et au retour
CYF 007 — Rencontre avec William Curley
CYF 006 — lundi 20 janvier 2020 — Le mariage forcé (Molière)
CYF005 — mercredi 15 janvier 2020 — Micaela dans Paris
CYF004 — mercredi 8 janvier 2020 — Le cube de la nuit des temps
CYF003 — jeudi 2 janvier 2020 — Bonne année 2020!
CYF002 — lundi 25 novembre 2019 — Mea culpa
001 — mercredi 13 novembre 2019 — Mon arme au Kung-fu : le sabre
Dégustation de mini fromages
Message in a bottle
Une belle semaine
Episode 122 : Un jardin sur le balcon
Episode 121 : Une clocharde à la maison
Episode 120 : Balade dans le XVIIIe
Episode 119 : Le musée Carnavalet
Episode 117 : Chenonceau
Episode 116 : Prolonger les vacances
Episode 115 : Peau d'Ane
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