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Type | Street |
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Length | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
Arrondissement | 15th |
Quarter | Grenelle |
Rue du Commerce is a street in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Rue du Commerce begins on Boulevard de Grenelle , at the elevated metro level, in the extension of Avenue de La Motte-Picquet and ends on Rue des Entrepreneurs. Lined with buildings that are often modest but not devoid of refinement and whose ensemble shows a certain unity, rue du Commerce has been one of the three or four lively and attractive shopping areas of the 15th arrondissement since the middle of the 19th century.
It is crossed by Rue Letellier , Rue Fondary and Rue du Théâtre . It serves as the starting point for Rue Tiphaine , Rue Frémicourt , Rue Gramme and Rue Lakanal , but also as the point of arrival for Avenue Émile-Zola .
Its length is 675 m for an average width of only 18 m. Because of this narrow width, it is a one-way street for car traffic. Recent developments also limit the parking of vehicles.
This site is served by metro stations: Commerce
, Avenue Émile-Zola
, and La Motte-Picquet–Grenelle
.
It bears this name because it was the main shopping street of the former commune of Grenelle.
The rue du Commerce, which was the main shopping street of the former commune of Grenelle, was formed in 1837 under the name of « rue Saint-Guillaume ».
Classified in the Parisian road system under the decree of May 23, 1863, it took the name of « rue de la Montagne-Noire » on February 1, 1877 before taking its current name by an order of March 16, 1877.
Rue du Commerce is the result of an urban planning operation carried out in the 19th century. [1] In 1824, the real estate entrepreneurs Léonard Violet and Alphonse Letellier , then municipal councilors of the former village of Vaugirard, acquired vast land of nearly 105 hectares on the territory of the commune, with a view to subdividing them. Named « Beaugrenelle » not without ambition by its founders, then renamed more modestly after its original name « Grenelle » the Violet subdivision estate, of exceptional scale, was built between the Seine and rue de la Croix-Nivert , and to the north as Wall of the Ferme générale.
Around the central axis of the rue du Commerce and a new square, Violet has laid out a unique plot of its kind of checkerboard streets, the largest in all of Paris. The construction of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste crurch in 1825, offered to the inhabitants by Violet, of the Pont de Grenelle in 1826, the development of a port on the Seine for traffic by waterway and a train station river intended to store the goods, as well as the realization of the Théâtre de Grenelle in 1829, come to complete this unit organized in global network.
The facades of the houses and apartment buildings decorated with sculpted motifs, bands and cornices corresponded to the tastes of the middle class that it was then desired to attract to this new district. They follow precise construction rules that still allow them to be dated today. [2] Attached to Paris by Thiers wall from 1844, the Violet subdivision estate, after rapid growth, must however face competition from the Grands Boulevards and the new districts of the 16th arrondissement.
The annexation of the lands of the plain of Grenelle in Paris in 1860, by opening up new possibilities for building, marked a new stage in its growth. The opening of rue Frémicourt , then its extension in 1905 by avenue Émile-Zola , created new links between the Grenelle district and the rest of Paris in full development. But, for its part, rue du Commerce will retain much of its original character, in part no doubt thanks to the strong presence of activities on the ground floor of the buildings bordering the street.
The decree of February 1, 1877 changed its name to « rue de la Montagne Noire » but the name « rue du Commerce » was restored a month later by the decree of March 16, 1877.
In 1909, a petition (not followed up) called for the demolition of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste crurch and its reconstruction on neighboring land to allow the junction of rue du Commerce and avenue Félix-Faure . [3]
Between 1924 and 1926, the church underwent major renovations and reconstructions that profoundly changed its appearance.
From the 1990s, private real estate programs aimed to renovate, rehabilitate or rebuild the commercial and residential spaces of Violet -era buildings on rue du Commerce. The spirit of these programs was that of respecting a certain architectural unity of the district. The first phase of rehabilitation concerned the upper part of the street, at Place du Commerce , in particular no. 87 where Sephora replaced the second Monoprix. The second phase of these programs concerned the bottom of the street where a building was completely destroyed and rebuilt in a style faithful to that of the district.
In support of this movement, following studies, major public urban renovation works were carried out on rue du Commerce between 2004 and 2006. Pedestrian spaces were redeveloped and enlarged, the route of the roadway was modified, particularly at the intersection with avenue Émile-Zola and rue Fondary , two-wheel parking lots have been created and the possibilities for car parking in rue du Commerce itself have been reduced.
Traders may have feared at the start that the strengthening of the status of rue du Commerce, as a de facto semi-pedestrian street, could have negative consequences on logistics, passage in the street and sales. However, in the spring of 2008, the consequences of the works were, according to all parties, beneficial, and traffic in the street and the neighborhood increased markedly in 2007-2008 due to the widening of the sidewalks, new signs and the embellishment of the street.
As a result of private and public investments in town planning and buildings on rue du Commerce and neighboring streets (place du Commerce , rue Mademoiselle , rue Lakanal , rue Violet ), the district has seen its price per square meter increase more quickly. than the average of the 15th century over the last ten years. The sociology of Rue du Commerce has undergone changes since the end of the 1990s, with the deaths of a large number of retired residents of the neighborhood and the arrival of a population of first-time buyers, single or with family, and of CSP+ tenants. [4]
On June 21, 2008, thugs roamed the Champ de Mars [5] then rue du Commerce.
Today, Rue du Commerce is still an important shopping street with numerous perfume, lingerie, clothing, tableware, decoration and gift shops, bank branches, a few restaurants and cafes including the famous Café du Commerce at n° 51, as well as food shops (bakeries, butchers, etc.).
It includes the Commerce station of Paris Métro Line 8 at Place du Commerce . The Avenue Émile Zola station on line 10 is located on Avenue Émile-Zola , 20 meters from the intersection with rue du Commerce.
Square Yvette-Chauviré provides a green space that is very useful for bowlers, Sunday walkers and local children.
Rue du Commerce, perfectly straight, offers a 675 m long perspective punctuated on the northeast side by the elevated metro viaduct and dominated on the southwest side by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, built in 1825. In addition to this building visible from any point of the street, numerous buildings offer remarkable architecture: [1]
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