Monday, February 23, 2015

Rue de Beaujolais



The morning sun 
creates crisp shadows
on the weathered shutters...


....weathered shutters 
with a freshly-painted
"W"



18, rue de Beaujolais
75001, Paris

9 comments:

Revrunner said...

Great advertisement for "W", whoever or whatever that is. :-)

sawdustagain said...

The long shadow makes this photo a classic.

Aimeecakes said...

I wonder what it stands for...

Birdman said...

Like the scripted "W"... and the blue too.

Alexa said...

The blue, the gold, the vine, the shadow—I think the W stands for "wonderful."

William Kendall said...

The contrast in colours is lovely.

Randy said...

Awesome find.

Jack said...

A very fine composition, Genie.

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

Well, I believe that the "W" which is on the premier étage from this side of the building is really the rez-de-chaussée on the other side. This matches up with Willi's Wine Bar (13, rue des Petits Champs) which has a painted blue (same shade of blue) entrance. Some research shows that the owner is British, Mark Williamson.

As a point of interest, there are not many "W" names (or words) in French. The "W" names are usually from the Saxony region or are English, German, or Dutch.

Love reading your comments.

Bises,
Genie