Charles Marville

“Crystal-clear documents of a now-vanished city.”

—New York Observer

By: Audrey Leung, Diana Si, Kelsey Malott

Areas photos described were taken in

Top of rue Champlain
1877-1878

Construction of the avenue de l’Opéra: Butte des Moulins

Butte des Moulines was a small hill dotted with windmills. Until the mid-1870’s, Its working-class neighbourhood was reigned by small trades. It was later cleared and the heill was leveled to construct Avenue de L’Opéra.

The America Quarries between Boulevard Serrurier and Rue de Mexico
1877

Boulevard Henri IV
1877

The Bièvre River (fifth arrondissement)
1962

24 Rue Bièvre
1865-1869

Rue Estienne, de la rue Boucher

 

Fontaine Censier
1865

Boulevard Henri IV, de la place de la Bastille
1876

Rue Mondétour
1865

Rue Neuve-Guillemin
1865

The Left Bank of the Seine from the Pont des Saints-Pères
1855

Percement de l’Avenue de l’Opéra
1877

New wing of the Louvre being built (left), and the Seine before it underwent its own transformation.
1856

Vista de Le Pont des Arts
1851

Areas all photos were taken