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#1 2008-10-26 00:25:36
- Marc Grayson
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Paris Barricades The Megastores
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/world/europe/31paris.html?_r=1&ei=5094&en=40c83860e54c60fc&hp=&ex=1170306000&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/01/ill_just_have_to_buy_my_underw.cfm
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#2 2008-10-26 05:55:53
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#3 2008-10-26 07:43:38
- Kingstonian
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
I walked from one end of the Champs Elysee to the other earlier this year.
It is not 'as bad as Oxford Street' and never will be.
For one thing, it is on a different scale, altogether wider and interruped by green spaces.
The French also have a refreshing attitude that markets or money do not automatically rule. They will go on strike or burn down a McDonalds if the mood takes them.
The antidote to Oxford Street in London is Bond Street - less crowded, less scumbags.
#4 2008-10-26 07:46:30
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
It is a shame Londoners are so defeatist. There should be an action group for the preservation of greasy spoons and proper pubs.
Here is an example :-
http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/ Closures just get chronicled though. No real opposition has any effect.
Same applies to pubs which are now just massive town centre barns for youngsters. Back street pubs with character are going to the wall.
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#5 2008-10-26 08:21:45
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin
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#7 2008-10-29 02:47:06
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#8 2008-10-29 02:49:30
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#9 2008-10-29 02:54:43
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Paris Barricades The Megastores
I'm going to pretend that I'm leading all this.
#11 2009-02-02 08:11:15
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