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Postman’s Park: Commemorating Heroic Acts of Self-Sacrifice in London’s Financial Centre

Postman's Park is best known for its loggia of tiled memorials to heroic self-sacrifice, proposed by George Frederick Watts.
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anna blair July 12, 2013
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Palais de la Porte Dorée: a Monument to the Colonial Exposition of 1931

The Palais de la Porte Dorée was intended as a lasting memento to the 1931 Colonial Exposition, covered with paintings and sculpture promoting French Empire.
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anna blair April 8, 2013
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A Tour of the Past through Paris’s Period Rooms

Paris has some beautiful period rooms in museums, offering visitors gates to the past, connections to famous figures & thoughts on how to engage with places.
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anna blair February 21, 2013
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The Musée d’Ennery, Treasures from Asia in a Second Empire Setting

The Musée d'Ennery, almost unchanged since the nineteenth century, houses an interesting collection of Asian art in a second empire hôtel particulier.
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anna blair February 11, 2013
ArchitectureParis

Take in a Film in a Pagoda at La Pagode Cinema

La Pagode Cinema is a small but majestic cinema housed in a pagoda built in 1898 by the director of Le Bon Marché as a gift for his wife, who left him anyway.
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anna blair January 10, 2013
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Rue Mallet Stevens: Modernist Architecture in the 16th

Robert Mallet Stevens was one of the great early 20th century architects, and yet some who walk past the street named after him to visit the Fondation Le Corbusier don't know his name.
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anna blair January 1, 2013
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A Brief Architectural Tour of the 17th Arrondissement

Though the 17th arrondissement isn't one of Paris's hotspots, it has several architectural gems, including the flower tower, a 1930s hotel, and the building where Sargent painted Madame X.
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anna blair December 28, 2012
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The Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale: Ruins of France’s Colonial Past

The Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, an overgrown park in the Bois de Vincennes, hosted Paris's 1907 Colonial Exposition; visitors can still find the ruins.
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anna blair December 13, 2012

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