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  Les Halles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Les Halles is also a restaurant in New York City owned and operated by celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain.
Les Halles is an area of Paris, France, located in the 1er arrondissement.
Les Halles was known as the "stomach of Paris".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Les_Halles   (449 words)

  
 LES HALLES DE NARBONNE - HISTORIQUE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Le 11 août 1871, le conseiller municipal Paul JEAN propose au conseil l'exécution des Halles couvertes.
Le 2 mai 1899, le Maire Ernest RACT expose au conseil municipal que le constructeur des Halles, André GABELLE, avait proposé le remplacement sur les façades du monument des 2 portes monumentales en fer et faïences par 2 portes en pierre avec écussons, moulures et sculptures.
Le conseil municipal se rallie à cette proposition d'autant plus que cette modification "contribue à l'ornementation et à l'embellissement des Halles et que le constructeur prend à sa charge les frais de modification de deux portes sur trois".
www.narbonne.org /leshalles/histoire.html   (619 words)

  
 Architects vie to remake Les Halles - Wired New York Forum
Le Forum, which draws tens of millions of visitors a year, stands on a 15-hectare site bounded by the rues de Rivoli, Etienne Marcel and Louvre, and by the Boulevard Sebastopol.
Delanoë succeeds in choosing for Les Halles a main course, rather than an accompaniment, there is no reason to believe that the city's future should be any less extraordinary.
In the 1970's, after Les Halles' elegant 19th-century pavilions were torn down and the city's meat and vegetable markets moved to the suburbs, the "new" Halles was fraught with political and design squabbles, which resulted in a large hole for much of the decade.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4852   (3363 words)

  
 IN RE LES HALLES DE PARIS J.V
Les Halles appealed to the Board, which affirmed the PTO’s refusal to register Les Halles’ mark.
Les Halles appealed to this court, arguing the evidence of record is insufficient to support a finding that the public would be misled to believe that the Le Marais restaurants in New York have a connection to the region in Paris.
In this case, the PTO and the Board did not apply the necessary standard to conclude that Les Halles’ mark is primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive.
www.ll.georgetown.edu /federal/judicial/fed/opinions/02opinions/02-1539.html   (1878 words)

  
 Silver Screens - Gaumont Les Halles : La dernière séance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Le 31 décembre 1998, après les séances de 19 heures, le Gaumont Les Halles s'éteindra paisiblement, après un peu plus de dix-neuf ans d'existence.
Le cinéma la semaine de son ouverture (ci-dessus) et la semaine de sa fermeture (ci-dessous).
Les rangées de siège étaient parfois disposées en pente légère vers l'écran.
www.silverscreens.com /hal.html   (850 words)

  
 Châtelet-Les Halles
Les Halles conserveront leur activité de marché central durant plusieurs siècles.
Les Halles recouvriront plus de quatre hectares en 1936.
Les capitulaires de Charlemagne stipuleront que toutes personnes qui racolent, aident des prostituées, ou encore tiennent des bordels, étaient passibles de flagellation.
www.insecula.com /musee/M0104.html   (603 words)

  
 Playground Les Halles
Some people say Les Halles is “kinda sketchy.” There is an aura of danger engulfing the surroundings.
For the youths parked around Les Halles, this is their playground.
Les Halles is also a commercial centre, where consumables may be traded.
cslab.ac.aup.fr /ggilbert/contentpages/Playgroundleshalles.html   (594 words)

  
 Les Halles - France.com
Les Halles is an area of Paris, located in the 1er arrondissement.
Known as Les Halles, for almost 700 years the masssive glass and iron building was the "stomach of Paris".
Unable to compete in the new market economy and in need of massive repairs, the colorful ambience once associated with the bustling area of merchant stalls disappeared in 1971, when Les Halles was dismantled.
www.france.com /docs/318.html   (284 words)

  
 Les Halles Homepage
Les Halles is a typical Parisian Brasserie bustling and lively serving the fresh and simple dishes of France's everyday cuisine, in a relaxed environment.
Les Halles evokes the atmosphere of the brasseries in the old market district of Paris, where the cream of society, stopping for a bite after a night on the town, would sit next to workmen having their breakfasts, truckers finishing their shifts or artists drafting creatively.
Known for a creativity that extends well beyond the kitchen, the Les Halles Brasseries are also the home base of Chef-at-Large Anthony Bourdain, author of the best selling Kitchen Confidential (Bloomsbury, May 2000) and host of TV Food Network’s A Cook's Tour, and co-author with Lajaunie of the Brasserie Les Halles Cookbook.
www.leshalles.net   (384 words)

  
 Lending a Hand for Les Halles
The tournament, sponsored by Brasserie Les Halles, ran concurrently with the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center in Northwest Washington, DC.
The objective of the Les Halles Cup is to generate interest and excitement for tennis in youth through their participation in an official international tournament.
Les Halles sponsors qualifying events in Miami, Washington, DC, and New York City, with each tournament running in conjunction with a professional tennis tournament — in Miami during the Nasdaq – 100 Open, in New York City during the US Open and during the Legg Mason here in Washington.
www.gwu.edu /~bygeorge/090804/leshalles.html   (624 words)

  
 Brasserie Les Halles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Of course Les Halles offers all the usual trappings that one would expect from a French brasserie, such as a wide selection of appetizers, sandwiches, salads, and main courses -- not to mention the 60+ wines and champagnes.
You don’t come to Les Halles to see and be seen, but to occupy an open-air table and watch the Roppongi traffic go by.
One final note of significance: Les Halles is located in the Axis Building, which in itself is worth a visit, as it houses some interesting shops and galleries.
www.tokyo.to /nightlife/leshalles.html   (397 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
IN RE LES HALLES DE PARIS J.V. Myron Cohen, Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman and Pavane, of New York, New York, argued for appellant.
Les Halles appealed to the Board, which affirmed the PTO's refusal to register Les Halles' mark.* As evidence that the mark uses misdescriptive geographic terms, the Board referred to articles and travel brochures about the Jewish quarter or neighborhood in Paris known as Le Marais.
Based on this record, the Board concluded: [T]he primary significance of [Le Marais], at least to an appreciable segment of applicant's restaurant patrons, will be of the geographic location in Paris." In addition, the Board reasoned that because Les Halles' restaurants "are touted as being French kosher steakhouses.
laws.lp.findlaw.com /fed/021539.html   (2071 words)

  
 Les Halles And The Church Of Saint Eustache
Nevertheless, I still think that the les Halles area is a good place to stay away from at dawn and even more so at night.
Some of the other points of interest in the les Halles section, if you care to walk about a bit, are the Bourse du Commerce, or the grain exchange, which is housed in the circular building you will see at the extreme western end of the market.
All in all, the area around les Halles could not have been any gloomier than the rest of ancient Paris, at least not until several hundred years later, by which time the -round had become so soaked with decay that the entire area began to smell.
www.oldandsold.com /articles03/paris17.shtml   (2202 words)

  
 Beaubourg - Les Halles , Paris
In 1183, Philippe Auguste enlarged the marketplace and built a shelter for the merchants, who came from all over to sell their wares.
For centuries, until the marketplace was moved to Rungis, The Halles were the "stomach of Paris".
On the other side of Boulevard Sebastopol, a very controversial building project resulted in the Pompidou Centre which until very recently attracted the largest number of people of any attraction in the city, including the Louvre.
www.pariserve.tm.fr /English/paris/beaubour.htm   (157 words)

  
 The Guide -- The District's Brasserie Les Halles Gives American Spin on Classic Cafe
Brasserie Les Halles is the perfect place to escape from the chaos, whether for a full meal or just for a snack, among the museums and government buildings on the National Mall.
It is, perhaps, one of the greatest charms of eating at Brasserie Les Halles — being able to appreciate a little of that European flavor of watching the world go by.
Finally, during the summer, be sure to stop by for Brasserie Les Halles annual Liberty Festival: the Fourth of July and Bastille Day (July 14) are both celebrated with special menus.
www.thehoya.com /guide/041604/guide12.cfm   (546 words)

  
 Les restaurants francais a Montreal par Jolywood Productions French Dining in Montreal
Cette voûte de l'époque construite sur les fortifications de Montréal est maintenant un lieu de célébrations sur trois étages où le raffinement de la cuisine fait penser aux repas jadis servis par les Maîtres Queux (cuisiniers du roi) à la cour de France.
Le restaurant Panoramique est situé au cœur du Vieux-Montréal, à dix minutes du centre-ville et près de toutes les activités.
Le service efficace, aimable où l'on sert l'eau dans une bouteille de vin vide, vous fera oublier l'atmosphére trepidante de la ville.
www.jolywood.com /restaurant_francais_montreal/principale.html   (491 words)

  
 Delanoë désigne le projet David Mangin Lauréat pour les Halles de Paris
Le "Classique mesuré" l’a emporté sur le "modernisme contextualisé".
Le coeur de Paris n’est pas un laboratoire pour projets architecturaux délirants.
Le mal est fait, souhaitons que des améliorations notoires puissent encore être apportées au projet Mangin retenu...
www.aroots.org /notebook/breve475.html   (498 words)

  
 The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > In Paris, a Cautious New Vision for Les Halles
The design by the architect David Mangin for Les Halles, the old market district of Paris, which the city hopes to rescue from blight.
A view of Les Halles today; a 1979 renovation did not have the intended effect.
In Paris, a Cautious New Vision for Les Halles (December 16, 2004)
www.nytimes.com /2004/12/16/arts/design/16hall.html?ex=1260939600&en=3e5cc1a8130858f3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (1082 words)

  
 Paris MYSTERIOUS : Les Halles Baltard Forum - Description and History
For more than 800 years Les Halles was the “stomach” of Paris (so named by Zola in one of his novels).
This meant of course the destruction of the historic quarter of Les Halles with its metallic architecture so typical of the 19th century, a prime example of this the iron Pavillions of the architect Baltard.
Today, from the Fountain des Innocents to the rue Montorgueil Les Halles is an exlusively pedestrian quarter, where one can picnic in summer, shop all seasons of the year and always find a coffee, beer or meal in the many surrounding cafés, bars and restaurants.
www.parisbestlodge.com /leshalles.html   (289 words)

  
 Chatelet / Les Halles, Paris, France
The Les Halles was actually the main food hall in Paris for 800 years, in 1969 in was moved to the suburbs, and this place now is a huge shopping centre.
Chatelet les Halles is the heart of the north bank of Paris.
Chatelet / Les Halles: Ist - The Halles
www.virtualtourist.com /vt/18308/4/1cf95   (990 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Les Halles to get a makeover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
A town hall committee will decide in late June whether to erect a massive glass roof encompassing almost the entire area, or cover the district with hanging gardens, high glass towers or pools and rooftop walkways.
For centuries the site of the busy, smelly Les Halles food market known as "the belly of Paris," the district was renovated in the 1970s.
Medieval buildings and market halls were razed to make way for an underground mall and train station while developers threw up contemporary apartment blocks for the young and affluent, as well as some social housing.
www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2004-04-11-les-halles_x.htm   (309 words)

  
 Paris Neighborhoods: Chatelet-Les Halles
Châtelet-Les Halles is the place to go for hunger pangs at any hour and on any budget.
Find classic Parisian fare on the terrace at Le Père Fouettard (9 Rue Pierre Lescot, 01 42 33 74 17), a cozy and bustling bistro with friendly service, hearty fixed-price menus under €15 for lunch, and a great selection of wines by the glass for €2-4.
Hang out with the chic locals at the jazzy Carpé Diem Café (21 Rue des Halles, 01 42 21 02 01), for creative French lunch and dinner specials or cocktails with live DJs on the weekends.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/secrets_of_paris/101589   (466 words)

  
 AFP: "Roof and garden" redesign for Paris's blighted Les Halles
PARIS (AFP) — In a major make-over for Paris' city centre, a garden promenade partially covered by a vast glass-and-copper roof was chosen for the historic Les Halles site, whose once-lauded 1970s redevelopment is now seen as a prime example of urban blight.
After months of deliberation, Paris city hall awarded the task of reworking the site to 55-year-old French architect David Mangin whose vision of a leafy walkway integrating Les Halles with the surrounding cityscape was the simplest and cheapest of four proposals on offer.
The scene for 800 years of Paris's meat and vegetable market, Les Halles was gutted in the early 1970s to incorporate Europe's largest city-centre shopping mall and an underground rail hub that that now disgorges hundreds of thousands of commuters every morning.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200412/ai_n8606127   (236 words)

  
 Les Halles Downtown - New York, NY, 10038 - Citysearch
Part bistro, part brasserie, the cheerful Les Halles Downtown is ideal for anyone who finds pleasure in beef, pork, potatoes or a good glass of Gigondas.
Les Halles plays the same bistro classics as its Park Avenue South parent, but with slightly less of an emphasis on beef.
The results are mixed--good bets include escargots, which arrive sizzling in garlic butter, and an archetypal frisee aux lardons loaded with smoky chunks of bacon.
newyork.citysearch.com /profile/11627949   (384 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Autographed First Editions - Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In this long-awaited cookbook, Anthony Bourdain reveals the hearty, delicious recipes of Les Halles and the provocative tricks of the trade that have made him a celebrated name across the globe.
As practical as it is entertaining, Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook is a can't-miss treat for cookbook lovers, aspiring chefs, and Bourdain fans everywhere.
His Les Halles Cookbook is solid, smart, and informative, and his recipes are bona fide bistro fare.
www.powells.com /autographed/leshalles.html   (334 words)

  
 4th of July and Liberty Festival New York by Brasserie Les Halles on StarChefs
This year Les Halles brings their summer celebrations downtown as the Liberty Festival and Bastille Races move closer to Lady Liberty, in the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District.
Les Halles Downtown will be celebrating the most important dates in the U.S. and France - July 4th, America's Independence Day, and the 14th of July, Bastille Day, during an 11 day Festival.
Beginning on Friday, July 4th, Les Halles Downtown will set the summer spirit with eleven straight days of non-stop activities including trivia quizzes, prizes, music, and of course a special Red, White and Blue menu in the restaurant (at 15 John Street, off Broadway).
www.starchefs.com /events/les_halles_liberty_2003/html/ny.shtml   (469 words)

  
 City Mayors: Les Halles - Paris
The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, has announced a vast new initiative at the heart of Paris - Les Halles - which will revolutionise the life of the centre of the city and which is part of his ambitious plans to change the face of Paris.
Les Halles is named after the market founded 1183, when King Philippe II Auguste enlarged the previous marketplace in Paris and covered it, making a series of halls.
The Les Halles project will be fronted by French architect David Mangin, who produced the most conservative of the four bids listed.
www.citymayors.com /development/leshalles_paris.html   (1485 words)

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