Loss of a VENERABLE ART SUPPLY STORE

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THE DEATH OF A VENERABLE PARIS ART STORE SHOWS THE LATIN QUARTER'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED

If you’ve ever made, or dreamed of making, a trip to Paris, chances are the Latin Quarter was on your list of places to see.

Located across the 5th and 6th arrondissements on the Left Bank, it’s famously steeped in culture, once home to painters and philosophers, and frequented by generations of students attending the Sorbonne. In the 1920s and 1930s, Hemingway haunted its bars and bookstores, and in May 1968, it was the locus of the student protests that racked the city.

But like bohemian enclaves all around the world, this legendary neighborhood is undergoing dramatic gentrification. The latest victim of the trend is a 157-year-old fine arts supply store that has been selling colorful paints to artsy customers since 1861.

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