"Beautiful park, nice view of Paris, but surrounded by ugliness"
reviewed April 27, 2023 by leni_away
Belleville is variously hyped as trendy, artistic, you name it, often coupled with somewhat derogatory references to its former status as waste land, a dump etc, which is needlessly insulting. Yes, areas like Butte Chaumont and Belleville were historically locations for abbattoirs, dumping, various industrial pursuits, but this was long ago when it was far from residential Paris: these activities...