The Arcades Project - Operi

In 1825, opening of the "Passages Dauphine, Saucede, Saucede, Choiseul" and of the Cite
Bergere. Bergere. '''In 1827 1827 ... the Passages Passages Colliert, Crussol, de 1'lndustrie .... . . . . 1828 saw
the opening ... . . . of the Passages Brady and des Gravilliers and the beginnings of
the Galerie d'Orleans at the Palais-Royal, which replaced the wooden galleries
that had had burned down that year." Dubech and d'Espezel, Histoire de Paris,
pp. pp.357-358. 357-358. [A3a,2]
"The ancestor of the department stores, La Ville de Paris, appeared at 174 Rue
Montmartre in 1843." DuLech and d'Espezel, Histoire de Paris, p. 389. 389. [A3a,3]
"Rainshowers "Rainshowers annoy me, so I gave one the slip in an arcade. There are a great
many of these glass-covered glass-covered walkways, which often cross cross through the blocks of
buildings and make make several branchings, thus affording welcome shortcuts. Here
and there they are constructed with great elegance, and in bad weather or af'ter
dark, when they are lit up bright as day, they offer promenades-and very very popular
they are-past rows of glittering shops." Eduard Devrient, Briefe aus Paris
(Berlin, 1840), p. p. 34. [A3a,4]
Rue-galerie.-" Rue-galerie.-"The The street-gallery . . . .. . is the most important feature of a Phalanstery
and ... . . . cannot be conceived of in civilization .... . . . . Street-galleries ... . . . are
heated in winter and ventilated in summer .... . . . . The street-gallery, or continuous
peristyle, extends along the second story .... . . . . Those who have seen the gallery of
the Louvre may take it as a model for the street-gallery in Harmony." E. Silber­
ling, Dictionnaire de sociologie phalansterienne (Paris, 1911), p. p. 386; citing
Fourier, Theorie de l'unite universelle (1822), p. p. 462, and Le Nowveau
Monde industriel industriel et societaire (1829), pp. 69, 125, 272. In addition: Galerie.­
" "All All portions of' the central edifice can he traversed by means of' a wide gallery
which runs along the second floor .... . . . . Thus, everything is linked by a series of'
passageways which are sheltered, elegant, and comfortable in winter thanks to the
help of heaters heaters and ventilators ventilators." ." E. E. Sillierling, Sillierling, Dictionnaire, pp. pp. 197-198; citing
Fourier, TheOl'ie mixte, au speculative,
et synthese routinier-e de l'association,
p. p.14:' 14:'
[A3a,5]
The Passage du Caire adjoining the former Cour des Miracles. Built in 1799 on the
site of the old garden of the Convent of the Daughters of God. [A3a,6]
Trade and traffic are the two components of the street. Now, in the arcades the
second of these has effectively effectively died out: the traffic traffic there is rudimentary. The
arcade is a street of lascivious commerce only; it is wholly adapted to arousing
desires. Because in this street the juices slow to a standstill, standstill, the commodity
proliferates along the margins and enters into into fantastic combinations, like the
tissue tissue in lumors.-The fI&neur sabotages the traffic. Moreover, he is no buyer. He
is merchandise. [A3a,7]
is merchandise. [A3a,7]