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I did this for the Saint-Merry barricade map so I thought I might as well do it to the Corinthe (Rue de la Chanvrerie) barricade too. Here’s a comparison between then and now and both overlapping:

(The black square is Corinthe)

1832: 

The streets are generally narrow, Rue Mondétour and Rue de la Petite Truanderie being the narrowest.

Rue Saint-Denis is the widest and longest of the streets in the area.

Rue de la Chanverrerie is the shortest of the streets (about 120 meters or 130 yards)

It has no side streets at all. 

Rue des Prêcheurs is about the same width as Rue de la Chanverrerie but longer, continuing west to Les Halles.

2015: 

Rue Rambuteau has taken over Rue de la Chanverrerie and it’s much wider than it’s predecessor, not to mention much much longer, breaking through places where there used to be houses. 

There’s also a new street called Rue Pierre Lescot crossing Rue Rambuteau and Rue des Prêcheurs. It has some trees too.

A small patch of trees (and idk what, café tables? Something?) takes the place of the block that used to separate Rue de la Petite Truanderie from Rue de la Grande Truanderie.

The brand new shopping centre Forum Des Halles dominates the area. It has taken the space where Rue Mondétour (now shorter) used to continue up until Rue des Prêcheurs.

Rue des Prêcheurs is much shorter than it used to be too.

Rue Saint-Denis (which used to be the widest street in this area) has stayed the same width as before but it seems narrow compared to the other streets that have been widened.

The new map overlaid on the old. You can see how much more space the buildings took in 1832.

Note that I didn’t mark all the courtyards, though. Or other possible passages behind the façades. There are a lot of things that might not have made it into a map.

I guess mostly this is useful if you want to visit the place and have trouble figuring out where it is (which is understandable since the area has changed so much.)

Here, have some posts with photos: [x] [x]

And here’s the Corinthe spot on Google Maps: [x]

(The modern address is 102 Rue Rambuteau.)

Actually I could do this with the Musain too… if anybody’s interested? Possibly also other places but then I might need to do more research first. These two are just places I’ve already put effort in figuring out.