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An architecturally distinctive department store opposite the Pont-Neuf, offering chic clothing and products.
16 years: in all those years, La Samaritaine seemed to evaporate from the Parisian landscape, little by little forgotten, before immense works began, leading to the grand inauguration of the premises last June. Founded in 1869 by Ernest Cognacq, La Samaritaine department store had, over the course of its history, expanded to occupy four buildings. Closed in 2005 after their takeover by LVMH, they are now undergoing a complete transformation, restoring their lustre. The glass roof, the ceramics and mosaics on the façade, the majestic staircases: if the place now meets modern standards, it's with the good taste to have kept the original appearance intact. Today, the building opposite the Pont-Neuf houses a 72-room luxury hotel. The other buildings include a store - the Samaritaine, in other words, where you can no longer find everything, as the advertising used to say, but lots of clothes and chic products - an exhibition gallery, offices, various shops, as well as a crèche and social housing. Architecturally, one of the complex's façades - on rue de Rivoli - is clad in a vast and original wall of corrugated glass. Outside, a pedestrian forecourt has been created on the west side, allowing you to admire the whole complex. In the end, you come here as much for the place as for the stores: the latter, resolutely upmarket, are far from being accessible to all.
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On pouvait dire au lieu de la Samaritaine, la « Saramitaine ».
Cet endroit participait un peu du bazar, du grand magasin, un gentil fourre tout aux prix étudiés.
Hélas, hélas, hélas, ce temps n’est plus. Il ne reste que le décor, somptueux il est vrai, mais devenu clinquant sans sa patine.
Produits de grand luxe, sans intérêt, sinon d’être des souvenirs de voyage pour touristes riches.
Froideur de l’ambiance, personnel qui pose plus qu’il ne conseille. Une stratégie sans doute.
Mais, Monsieur le propriétaire, relisez, ou lisez, Au bonheur des dames.
Ça marche pas comme ça le commerce, c’est le client qu’on brosse dans le sens du poil et la camelote moins cher qu’ailleurs.
Certes, l’ultra capitalisme et blah blah, les Chicago boys.
Mais les bases du négoce dans la godasse, la tocante, ou le jupon, ça change pas !
Enfin, dirais je, à la prochaine faillite !