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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
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168 — Maurice Béjart à l’Opéra Bastille — mercredi 17 mai 2023
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CYF 165 — Music Bank Paris : Felicia et moi au concert de K-Pop — mercredi 12 avril 2023
CYF 164 — Que faire à manger pour une invitée à la maison ? — mercredi 5 avril 2023
163 — La chasse au trésor — mercredi 29 mars 2023
162 — L’instant cacao : Marc Chinchole nous parle de son chocolat— mercredi 22 mars 2023
161 — Sauces Papillon : Alexandre Juvin et la crème de champignons — mercredi 15 mars 2023
CYF 160 — Le Louvre Lens et les J.O. — mercredi 8 mars 2023
CYF 159 — Flan et mousse au chocolat — mercredi 15 février 2023
CYF 158 — L’éclipse de 1999 — mercredi 8 février 2023
CYF 157 — Un soir à Paris dans le 11e, se tutoyer ou se vouvoyer — mercredi 1er février 2023
CYF 156 — On va déguster Paris, de François-Régis Gaudry et ses amis (Editions Marabout), présenté par Nathalie Iris — mercredi 25 janvier 2023
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CYF 154 — Bonne année 2023 ! Les bons moments des vacances de Noël — mercredi 11 janvier 2023
CYF 153 — Christmas episode : la place Furstemberg, Saint-Germain-des-prés — mercredi 21 décembre 2022
CYF 152 — Shakespeare and Company, a famous bookshop in Paris — mercredi 14 décembre 2022
2192 — La compétition de Kung-fu — mercredi 7 décembre 2022
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