Across France, Café Owners Are Suffering [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/world/europe/23cafe.html?ref=todayspaper Society-Parisian cafes and terraces http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-from-to-z_1978/society_1987/parisian-cafes-and-terraces_6836.html The Tradition of Coffee and Coffeehouses Among...

The world of Paris in the 19th century was one that might be called a gaudy yet rich mixture of cultural, social, and other such delights. From the poems of Baudelaire to the architectural fancies of the Second Empire, the City of Lights became an icon of all that was (and is) urban, for good and for ill. Much of this world can be explored through a variety of visual documents offered by this...