Mayor of the 3rd arrondissement since 1995, Pierre Aidenbaum is an authentic child of the Marais: he grew up and lived in the 3rd and 4th arrondissements, attended their various schools, then established his business (an accessories store: hats, small leather goods, umbrellas) in the neighborhood. This is where his legitimacy as a local elected official comes first.
Added to this are the two major projects of his successive mandates. “Two successes” he rightly says. The first is to have resurrected the Enfants Rouges market by capitalizing on the mobilization of the neighborhood's residents who opposed the crazy project of its predecessor, namely transforming the oldest covered market in France into a parking lot!
The second is the rehabilitation of the Carreau du Temple. Built for the first Paris Fair in 1904, it is today a cultural venue which hosts fifty associations and important artistic or promotional events.
For Marais Mood, Pierre Aidenbaum recalls his Marais childhood. A real memory machine.
D’OTHER LOVERS OF THE MARAIS
A meeting with the philosopher Charles Pépin
Philosopher, writer, successful author, professor at Sciences Po and at the Lycée de la Légion d'Honneur, Charles Pépin, who bears a royal first name twice, logically lives in the former district of Charles V, i.e. -say in the Marais. For having traveled up and down (“It’s by walking…
Librairie 0fr., the temple of “cool”
The Ofr bookstore. is so open to the world that it spills onto the sidewalk. Rue Dupetit-Thouars, the books spread out on the tables on either side of the entrance give an idea of what awaits customers behind the window: ultra-trendy fashion magazines, design magazines...
Emily in Paris… and Bruno in the Marais!
In Emily in Paris, he is Luc, the kindly “nerdy” colleague of the American heroine of the Netflix series. A specimen of Parisian hedonist who explains to young Emily, newly arrived in a luxury marketing agency in the capital, the codes of the world of work in France...
NOW ON
THE MOOD MARSH
Jazz at 38Riv: The highlights of May
The only jazz club in the Marais, 38Riv is the temple of cool and swing. Rue de Rivoli, between Saint-Paul and Hôtel de Ville, its vaulted cellars are the home base of the new jazz scene. Every evening, the magic happens.
The Enfants Rouges market, everyone loves it
Restaurants. Merchants (fruit and vegetables, cheese, fish, flowers, etc.). And a photo store. All backed by Comme un roman, one of the most beautiful Parisian bookstores, on rue de Bretagne. In short, food for the body and...
The Marais Jewish quarter in Paris
From the 13th century, the Marais was home to a Jewish community which remained there until its expulsion in the 14th century. Fleeing poverty and persecution, Jews from Eastern countries and those from Alsace settled there in the 19th century. Around rue des rosiers and Place Saint-Paul renamed Pletz…