Walking Paris with Henry Miller

  The year 1931 began for Henry Miller with a New Year’s Eve party at the Coupole. Upon leaving, his taxi veered out of control at high speed and crashed head-on into another car. The other car flipped over and shards of broken glass were sent flying about the interior of Miller’s taxi.1 Remarkably, Miller emerged [...]

In 1930, just one month into his stay in Paris, Miller sat alone on the terrace of the Dôme waiting for someone to rescue him. He was broke,—the money he expected his wife to send from New York had not arrived and he had no place to sleep for the night. He continued ordering drinks [...]

To all appearances only a side street, the rue Delambre was once a major thoroughfare of prominent artists between the world wars. Man Ray had a small studio on this street and Andre Breton lived here for a time as well. In April 1925, Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald met for the first time at [...]

The Sphinx was a luxury brothel or maison close with a magnificent Art Deco bar, extravagantly themed rooms and cabaret entertainment. The building was designed by Henri Sauvage and the interior featured chrome, Egyptian motifs and air-conditioning (a great novelty at the time). The Sphinx opened with much fanfare and invitations were sent out to [...]