the shock troops of gentrification" read a graffiti slogan that i used to walk past every day. thought of it last night when i was up in my old 'hood of Crimee & the Canal St-Martin (up in the 19th arrondissement...where Parisian friends used to say "ooooh you live up there, i don't want to visit"). and now? tapas bars on lovely boats moored by the canal, fashionable dog-walkers, and a whole new hotel complex. though i loved the old down-at-heel secret canal when i lived there, i had no complaints yesterday, drinking wine on a converted workboat & catching up with my glamorous film friend H while the sun set behind us...
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