Just pure Haussman Paris......and one of her most beloved cafes made famous by the artists of Montparnasse who, in the early 1900's, were to create the movement we now call Modern Art.
Here are several other photos of this beautiful building:
www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/522608458/
and
www.flickr.com/photos/44548980@N00/526196759/in/set-72157...
In the neighborhood of the historic Montparnasse cafes (Le Dome, Le Select, La Rotonde, La Coupole) Le Dome rises like a flamboyant ship's prow on a corner lot. This is a detail of this beautiful building. These cafes played an important role as a gathering place during the international modern art movement of the post WWI era.
What was Montparnasse about in the early 1900's?
Here is a brief essay about an art exhibit honoring the artists of that era:
www.parisvoice.com/-archives-97-86/337-exhibition-revisit... 