I don’t spend a lot of time in the 5th arr. but when I do I find it has a quirky charm to it. I sometimes do tours of the 5th and don’t go to the more crowded student area but more towards the quieter part near the Jardin des Plantes, the Mosque, and the Arenes du Lutece. I find it also one of the areas least touched by time and less gentrified than most other parts of the city. There’s a sleepiness about it as though it never woke up from the past centuries.

I have taken an odd series of photos on my different trips. The first batch are of street signs and building fronts on and near rue Grands Degrés.
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