 The Place Harvey Milk, in Paris, Le Marais | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Arrondissement | 4th |
|---|---|
| Quarter | Le Marais |
| Coordinates | 48°51′27″N2°21′16″E / 48.85750°N 2.35444°E |
| Construction | |
| Denomination | 2019 |
The Place Harvey Milk is a public square in Paris, France. It lies at a junction in Le Marais, at the intersection of the Rue des Archives and the Rue de la Verrerie, at the heart of the French capital.
The nearest métro station is Hôtel de Ville 
.
The La Verrerie bus stop on RATP Bus Network line 75 is located on the square, which can also be reached by lines 67 69 70 72 74 at Place du Châtelet and Rue de Rivoli bus stops.
In 2019, the Council of Paris decided to pay homage to the late San Francisco politician and pioneer of gay rights Harvey Milk. [1] The square was inaugurated by local officials on June 19 of that year, in the presence of Milk's nephew Stuart Milk. [2]
The same day, the city of Paris also honoured the American artist Gilbert Baker, gay rights activist, creator of the Rainbow Flag and friend of Harvey Milk, with an official plaque in his memory at the nearby Place des Émeutes-de-Stonewall. [3]
The square stands 100m from the Paris City Hall, the seat of the Council of Paris, whose members voted to pay tribute to their late counterpart from San Francisco, who was assassinated in November 1978. [4] Looking from the place Harvey Milk towards the Hôtel de Ville, Notre-Dame-de-Paris can be seen in perspective.
One year prior to the renaming of the junction, rainbow zebra crossings in the vicinity, which had been painted to commemorate Paris Pride, were tagged with homophobic graffiti. [5] In response, the city council made the rainbow crossings permanent. [6] The naming of the junction after Harvey Milk was praised by anti-homophobia organizations. [7] [8]
An entrance to the famous department store Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville stands at one corner of the square.
The 3rd arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (districts) of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "le troisième" meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally together with the 1st, 2nd and 4th arrondissements, with which it forms the 1st sector of Paris, Paris Centre.
The 4th arrondissement of Paris is one of the twenty arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as quatrième. Along with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd arrondissements, it is in the first sector of Paris, which maintains a single local government rather than four separate ones.
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The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence building complex which accommodates artists of all specialities and nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the Marais and the other in Montmartre. Approximately 1200 artists, choreographers, musicians, writers and designers from around the world live and work in the Cité internationale des arts every year. Residencies are generally a year long.
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The Place des Émeutes-de-Stonewall is a public square in Paris, France.
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