The Arcades Project - Operi

Materials for "Arcades"
Among Benjamin's papers are the following materials, consisting of typewritten sheets with additions
in his own and in Franz Hessel's hand. These notes and sketches (Gesammelte Schrjflen! vol. 5
[Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1982], pp. 1341-1347) evidently relate to the abortive collaboration with
Hessel on the arcades. Typewritten text is printed here in italics; Benjamin's longhand notations, in
underlined italics; and Hessel's longhand notations, in roman type. Passages that are crossed out in
the manuscript are in curved brackets ( } here.
Picture puzzles of the French Revolution or Vzsible World Hist01Y (Paris ,!! the
Romans) Middle Ages, ancien regime, revolution, and so on.} Balzac 5 streets
and corners. (Sue, Hugo) and others.)
May 1 on the Butte Rouge.
New and old catacombs) Mitro) wine cellars, ancient sites.
Street vending.
Ghetto
The street where newspapers are printed
Lost animals (the pound)
The slaughterhouses
Social fortifications.
(Stroll along vanished town walls (ancient)
Philip Augustus, Louis XII, Farrnen-General and the lastfortification, now in the
pmcess '!! being demolished. )
Gasoline. (The perfect chauffeur in Paris)
Mirrors.
The jireside and the "Lanterne"
The last jiacres
Old signs.
Conveniences and inconveniences (tobacco, mailboxes, tickets, poster pillars, and so
forth')