Ethnic Clashes in Paris/Belleville

[Bertrand Langlois]

[.fr]
- The Chinese in Belleville alleged victims of 'fantasies'
- 'Fantasies' on the Chinese community
- The complexity of the Belleville Chinese community
- The origin of the motion remains in limbo.

- Une Manifestation de Chinois à Belleville... [AFP]
- Belleville et la Violence, [evous.fr]
- Manif Chinoise et presse poubelle [Réflets de Chine]
- Emeutes à Belleville... [Rue89]
- Les Chinois de Belleville... [Rue89]
- Belleville: des Vies sont en Jeu [leJDD]
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Graffiti Street in Paris/Belleville...

If you need a wall, (so you can escape)...
try this one in the Belleville Paris district.

















This colorful corner of Belleville has obviously been identified and chosen for the
filming of 'Belleville Story' as well as other very peculiar spots in the neighborhood,
like this popular 'bazar' where everything is sold at 1 €...

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Adam wrote an interesting post about this street on his blog 'Invisible Paris'.

One more thought on the web for Isabelle

Isabelle Pinpaille, homeless, 15 years in the street, gone on Jan. 31/2010.
Her friend misses her as well as the others guys of her group...

























Winter has been very cold this year and alcohol - let alone the addiction,
seems to be the cheapest way to warm up. Her hearth was so tired, it simply
stopped.


A Performance for Isabelle

The group Public Commando made a beau
geste, on March 25 :
Early in the morning, they drew Isabelle's
name in giant chalk-white letters on Belleville
boulevard's central sidewalk, between the two
subway stations of Ménilmontant and Couronne,
'as an ephemeral trace of the woman' in the
neighborhood.

[Click on map to see Isa on Panoramio/GoogleEarth].

Chalk-white letters, for Isabelle, as white as her last winter's snow.
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Summer 2009 in Belleville...

(Click on title and get some infos on this Paris neighbourhood).






























































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