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I explored the redevelopment of the Les Halles wholesale food market — then a gaping hole in the center of the city — and wrote about a suburban warehouse disco that was drawing a chic crowd all the way from St. Germain-des-Prés.

Paris is no doubt full of high-end hotels, but the Lutetia, located in the bohemian St. Germain-des-Prés neighborhood, stands out for being the rare one on the city’s Left Bank.

One, inspired by the writers of St. Germain-des-Prés, has a long oak wooden desk and is full of books by literary figures like Ernest Hemingway, and another has a rooftop terrace with 360-degree views of Paris.

During this period, St. Germain-des-Prés was in the midst of a jazz craze, and the Lutetia hosted frequent jazz performances in its bar — Josephine Baker crooned for patrons as did the French singers Boris Vian and Juliette Greco.