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Histoire de Paris

Passage Choiseul
Prolongement de la rue de Choiseul, le passage Choiseul est ouvert en 1824 par l’architecte Tavernier sur les terrains des banquiers Mallet qui portaient les hôtels de Gesvres, de Ratepon et du contrôle général où se trouvait l’administration de la Loterie. L’entrée du passage, rue Saint-Augustin, est un corps de logis de l’hôtel de Gesvres, construit vers 1655 par Lepautre, transformé en maison de jeu célèbre sous la Régence. Au 23 du passage se trouvait durant un siècle la librairie d’Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur des poètes parnassiens. Jacques Offenbach entrait par le 73 dans son théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, et l’enfance de Louis-Ferdinand Céline s’écoula au 67 puis au 64.

[Illustration of the passage]

One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The plaque describes Passage Choiseul, and the people and places that were there.

The passage was taken on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

and the entrance to the crossing from Street Click for a larger image

The illustration in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

Offenbach’s theater which he reached through the passage is commemorated by a plaque from the same series Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:

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History of Paris

Passage Choiseul
An extension of the rue de Choiseul, the Choiseul passage was opened in 1824 by the architect Tavernier on the land of the Mallet bankers who owned the Gesvres, Ratepon and general control hotels where the Lottery administration was located. The entrance to the passage, rue Saint-Augustin, is a main building of the Hôtel de Gesvres, built around 1655 by Lepautre, transformed into a famous gambling house during the Regency. At 23 of the passage there was for a century the bookstore of Alphonse Lemerre, publisher of the Parnassian poets. Jacques Offenbach entered his Bouffes-Parisiens theater through number 73, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s childhood passed in number 67 and then at number 64.

[Illustration of the passage]