yep, I%26#39;ve scanned every page of this forum. (I must have 500 websites bookmarked by now.) I also did a search and didn%26#39;t find much so I feel ok asking this question: I%26#39;m wondering about the 13e arron. Yes, I know it%26#39;s a bit removed from the center of things and yes, I know it%26#39;s not the usual quaint/charming/latin quarter type area. What I want to know is what IS there... and what folks - visitors and locals alike - think of it. Thanks!
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In the 13th arron. you will find tapestry manufacturing,
Chinatown and the National Library of France.
Congratulations (I think) on having read every
page of the Paris Forum. I hope you are going
to narrow down the websites you bookmarked
from 500 to ????
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well there is nothing to do in the 13th i%26#39;m sorry to tell you that. i live just next, and apart the many chinese restaurants, there is really nothing to do. the 13th is retired from paris i think because when i want to order food, they deliver everywhere but not in the 13th, or if you order min 200 euros.
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JustGrace,
The 13th arrondissement is becoming a very trendy arrondissement. I know you must all think that I am snobbish as I always talk about trendy places, trendy clothes,... but I cannot help it, it%26#39;s fun!!
Do not hesitate to visit quai Francois Mauriac and Quai de la rapee overlooking the Seine in the evening : you have plenty of bars and restaurants inside boats, with a lot of music and sometimes the music is so loud that peole dance and drink on the Quai (the wharf). So much fun!!!
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Thanks Randy, Alex and Anne. I appreciate the info...
and yes, Randy, it%26#39;s a dubious achievement. *LOL* Took a few weeks but I found little jewels of info here and there that I wouldn%26#39;t have known to search for.
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Anne, isn%26#39;t there some discussion about re-opening the river that runs through the 13th (I can%26#39;t remember the name) and creating a lot of gardens along its banks? That should really help property values!
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The 13th is already getting more and more expensive each day. The only thing I heard about is building a huge floating swimming pool in 2006 and the Institut de la Mode in 2008. Both will take place on Port de la Gare, overlooking the Seine.
More info on : mairie13.paris.fr/mairie13/jsp/Portail.jsp…
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JustGrace,
i use to stay there for 10 days time in the hotel. there is a morning market along the place d%26#39;italie metro station. many things selling and i bought the cherry and melon. very nice fruit. lol
perhaps you will found many %26#39;TAN shop%26#39;. is a chinese surname of the supermarket there. very famous. they really have 13 branch shops in Paris. Many ppl buy foods from there.
i agree with Anneparis saying that things from there are getting more and more expensive. simply is because more ppl moving in there now specially chinese.
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I live in the 14 th arrondissement (student at the cit�� universitaire) and go to the 13 th often, because:
- the BNF, my favorite place in the world, is there :-D
- the archives I go to at rue Tolbiac are also there.
My impression is that for the parisians, it is the quartier chinois (chinatown) and that more recently the BNF has opened and there is a very big urbanistic program for the requalification of the eastern side of town. So %26quot;Paris-Rive Gauche%26quot; program is really about the requalification of the Seine near Tolbiac, 13th arrondissement. Which, finaly, means there is a recent trend over this new area where everything is happening. However, I would say there are now 2 different 13th arrondissements, the quartier chinois, a HLM area (wellfare social housing), a bit poor and not trendy but quite liveable (not at all dangerous) and the trendy new BNF area, by the river (where they%26#39;re also programing the new pool someone talked about). This new area, programmed acording to the new urbanisme trends, is a mixed use area, with new equipements (like the MK2 cinemas), University buildings, a lot of workplaces and offices, but mostly housing.
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To answer Truffaut, there is actually a project to discover the river Bievre (same latin root as Beaver) that has been covered since the 19th century , but they don%26#39;t know yet where it is going to be exactly.
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There is the Frigo in the 13th, which is a fascinating artists%26#39; squat that has been purchased by th ecity of Paris, providing legitimate lodgings to scores of very good artists... they were putting in an art gallery last time I was there.
And The Pirate Guinguette... a modern wooden junk where you can go at night for drinks and music.
Some of the best vietnamese food outside of Vietnam, too!
We like the Sunday Market near the Place d%26#39;Italie...Parisians of all shapes and colors are gathered there for a taste of Paris off the beaten path.
