Square des Peupliers

The Square des Peupliers is a private, cobblestone lane that curves in a gentle arc, lined with small houses draped in wisteria and ivy. It sits on the bed of the vanished Bièvre River, a waterway that once powered the tanneries of this district before being covered over in the nineteen thirties. Developers laid out this lane in nineteen twenty-six, turning what was a damp, marshy depression into a secluded enclave for artists and laborers who wanted to escape the city's noise.