There's a really cute tile facade on a building a couple blocks from my apartment. Its story and history might not be quite as charming!
"The former horse butcher's shop at the crossroads of Vieille-du-Temple and Roi-de-Sicile streets has retained a remarkable mosaic façade. This red, orange and gold decoration, with a rearing horse motif, created between 1930 and 1946, corresponds to the colour code that specifically indicated horse butcher's shops, thus distinguishing them from traditional butcher's shops. The corner ground floor of the Hôtel de Vibraye is entirely covered with the vermilion fresco, executed using the so-called broken tile technique. The horse-eating business has now been replaced by a sock shop."
I might need to buy some socks "just because!"
For more of the story, check out this website...it's in French, but on your browser you might have a "translate to English" function. https://www.parisladouce.com/2021/05/ancienne-boucherie-chevaline-rue.html
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