Les Frigos
| Les Frigos | |
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 View of Les Frigos in 2012 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 19 rue des Frigos |
| Town or city | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48°49′53″N 2°22′44″E / 48.8314°N 2.3789°E |
| Website | |
| www | |
Les Frigos is an
squatted
in 1985 and later legalized.
History
Les Frigos is located in the
In 1985, a collective of artists
squatted the derelict building. The number of rooms and also the sound-proofing were attractive for the new occupants, who numbered around 250 people as of 2013.[3] The artists set up a foundation and began to pay rent to the owner SNCF.[3] They also set up an organisation called "91 Quai de la Gare" which engages with other local residents and projects to contest the gentrification of the area by the Paris Rive Gauche development.[3]
Other artist squats in Paris include 59 Rivoli.[4]
Occupants
Over a hundred tenants work on the site, which includes ninety workshops. In 2010, rents for the premises equipped by the tenants ranged from around €500 to €2,700.[arts and crafts, etc. There are artists (notable residents include sculptor Jean-Paul Réti, micro-companies and associations for managing rehearsal facilities for theatrical people or for musicians.[6]
References
- ^ Court, Kala (6 July 2013). "Les Frigos: An Artist Squat in Paris' 13th Arrondissement". Untapped New York. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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- ^ ISSN 1954-4863.
- ^ Yeung, Peter (11 October 2019). "Paris is killing its art squats to gentrify the city". Dazed. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Eric, Nguyen (20 July 2023). "lodeonline". lodeonlinecash. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ISBN 978-02030-8877-7.
External links
Media related to Les Frigos at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
