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ISMIR 2002
3rd International Conference on
Music Information Retrieval

IRCAM – Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
October 13-17, 2002

WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE

ISMIR 2002 events will take place at IRCAM and in the Pompidou Center (see the Conference spaces section for detailed maps). Both are located in the heart of Paris (see hotel and local maps).

The tables below are a very selective guide of resources near ISMIR 2002. The code in the first column refers to the local map. If the site is outside the map, the closest grid point is indicated in parentheses.

Services

E4	EasyEverything	31 boulevard Sébastopol 75001 Paris	01 40 41 09 10	Large cybercafé open 24 hours a day
G3	Kiosque	Across 50 rue Rambuteau 75004 Paris		Newsstand, many newpapers and periodicals in foreign languages
F4	Kiosque	Place Edmond Michelet 75004 Paris		Newsstand (as above)
G2	Pharmacie Beaubourg	50 rue Rambuteau 75004 Paris	01 48 87 78 19	Pharmacy
H3	Pharmacie du Centre Pompidou	20 rue Beaubourg 75004 Paris	01 42 72 96 00	Pharmacy
I1	Police	44, rue Beaubourg 75003 Paris	01 53 01 93 10	Police station
G3	La Poste	Pompidou Centre ground floor	01 40 29 81 87	Post Office (small)
H7	La Poste	9, place de l’Hôtel de Ville 75004 Paris	01 44 54 20 00	Post Office
(A1)	La Poste	52 rue du Louvre 75001 Paris	01 40 28 76 00	Central Post Office, open 24 hours a day
(J1)	Web Bar	32 rue de Picardie 75003 Paris	01 42 72 66 55	Artistic cybercafé

Public transportation

Here is a brief listing of the nearest bus and subway stations. See the Commuting in Paris section for information on the lines and maps.

H1	Grenier St Lazare	Rue du Grenier St Lazare 75004 Paris	Bus line 29 (both directions).
H4	Centre Pompidou	Rue Beaubourg, along back of Centre Pompidou.	Bus lines 38, 47, 75; night bus lines E, F. All going south.
F3	Centre Pompidou	Boulevard de Sébastopol between Rues Aubry le Boûcher and Rambuteau	Bus lines 38, 47; night bus lines E, F. All going north.
H3	Rambuteau	Rue Beaubourg corner of Rambuteau	Métro line 11.
G6	Hôtel de Ville	Rue du Renard corner of Rivoli	Métro lines 1 and 11.
E2	Châtelet les Halles	Forum des Halles (many other access points)	Métro lines 1, 4, 7, 11, 14. RER lines A, B, D.

Restaurants

Nearby restaurants are just too numerous. Here is a short and personal list.

H1	Ambassade d'Auvergne	24 rue du Grenier St Lazare 75003 Paris	01 42 72 31 22	Very good regional French cuisine
H5	Aquarius	54 r Ste Croix la Bretonnerie 75004 Paris	01 48 87 48 71	Macrobiotic
H1	Auberge Nicolas Flamel	51 rue Montmorency 75003 Paris	01 42 71 77 78	In the oldest house of Paris. Try its gigot de 7 heures
I3	Bouledogue	20 rue Rambuteau 75003 Paris	01 40 27 90 90	Traditional if overheavy decoration. Good bookstore across the street.
G4	Café Beaubourg	43 rue St Merri 75004 Paris	01 48 87 63 96	Very design (by the architect Christian Portzamparc) café and restaurant. Outdoor terrace much coveted not so much by those who want to see but rather be seen.
F5	Chez Benoît	20 rue Saint Martin 75004 Paris	01 42 72 25 76	Posh and classy French cuisine.
H4	Ciao	7 rue Simon Le Franc 75004 Paris	01 42 71 52 07	Italian. Very good home-made pasta, pizza and bread. Finish with tiramisu, chocolatissimo or crème brûlée. My favorite.
(J2)	Dôme du Marais	53 rue des Francs Bourgeois 75003 Paris	01 42 74 54 17	Very picturesque domed 18th cent. room.
H2	Frais et nature	3 rue Brantôme 75003 Paris	01 42 72 59 59	Vegetarian
G4	Jardin de thé	10 rue Brisemiche 75004 Paris	01 42 74 35 26	Nice atmosphere, good home-made food at good prices just across Ircam
H2	Lapeyronie	3 rue Brantôme 75003 Paris	01 40 27 97 57	Just for coffee. All kinds. You can buy the beans, too.
B1	Maître Kanter	16 rue Coquillière 75001 Paris	01 42 36 74 24	Alsacian, open 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day. Try its flammenküche, beer, choucroute
(J6)	Pitchi Poï	9 place du Marché Ste Catherine 75004 Paris	01 42 77 46 15	Jewish (eastern european, non kosher)
G2	Quincampe	78 rue Quincampoix 75003 Paris	01 40 27 01 45	In a nice old room furnished more like a living room, relaxed and friendly atmosphere. French and North African.
F5	Table des gourmets	14 rue des Lombards 75004 Paris	01 40 27 00 87	In an underground 13th cent. chapel. French food, reasonable priced.
[A2]	Vérot-Dodat	19 galerie Vérot Dodat 75001 Paris	01 45 08 92 06	Very nice small French tasteful traditional and reasonably priced restaurant in the beautiful 1823 passage (covered gallery; see below “Interesting areas to visit”) Vérot-Dodat.
H2	Yakitori Grill	2 rue Bernard de Clairvaux 75003 Paris	01 42 77 37 51	Japanese

Shopping

There are countless small and large stores in the area, many of them on the rue de Rivoli between the BHV and Samaritaine department stores, but elsewhere too (e.g., for jewellery of all kinds, check rue des Francs Bourgeois on the block between rues de Turenne and de Sévigné). Here are a few indications.

H7	BHV (Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville)	52 rue de Rivoli 75004 Paris	01 42 74 90 00	Large traditional French department store.
E2-A1	Forum des Halles	75001 Paris		Underground 4-level huge shopping mall, includes also an olympic swimming pool, cinemas and a music lending library. Don’t miss FNAC, a huge book- and record-store.
B5	Samaritaine	19 rue de la Monnaie 75001 Paris	01 40 41 20 20	Large traditional French department store

Sport

H2	Espace Vit’Halles	48 rue Rambuteau 75003 Paris	01 42 77 75 66	Sports club
J2	Gymnase	12 rue Michel Le Comte 75003 Paris	01 44 61 95 50	Municipal sports complex
B1	Piscine des Halles	Forum des Halles Porte St Eustache 75001 Paris	01 42 36 98 44	Swimming pool (olympic size)
H5	Piscine St Merri	16 rue du Renard 75004 Paris	01 42 72 29 45	Swimming pool (opens usually very early)

Culture

Many museums and cultural organizations are to be found within walking distance from the ISMIR venue, not to forget the Pompidou Center itself, some are listed below. A little further out (but still within walking distance), there is the unavoidable Louvre. And if you wish to visit a real quaint and picturesque museum, go see the Musée Gustave Moreau.

H4	Centre historique des Archives nationales	60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois 75003 Paris	01 40 27 64 19	French national archives, located in a splendid 17th century mansion. This site holds documents from the Merovingian Kings until 1958.
G2	Maison de la poésie	157 rue Saint Martin 75003 Paris	01 44 54 53 00	Poetry readings and publications in an 18^th theatre, in a quaint passage
J3	Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme	71 rue du Temple 75003 Paris	01 53 01 86 53	Jewish art and history museum, located in a beautiful mansion..
(H1)	Musée des arts et métiers	292 rue Saint Martin 75003 Paris	01 53 01 82 00	Science and technologyu museum located in a historical abbey.
(J2)	Musée Bricard	1 rue Perle 75003 Paris	01 42 77 79 62	Museum of keylocks. Worth the visit.
(J2)	Musée Carnavalet	23 rue de Sévigné 75003 Paris	01 44 59 58 58	Art, history and archeology municipal museum. Beautiful 17^th cent. buildings.
(J2)	Musée Cognacq-Jay	8 rue Elzévir 75003 Paris	01 40 27 07 21	18th cent. art museum.
(J2)	Musée Picasso	5 rue de Thorigny 75003 Paris	01 42 71 25 21	Picasso masterworks in a 17th cent. building.
I3	Musée de la poupée	28 rue Beaubourg 75003 Paris	01 42 72 73 11	Museum of the doll, two blocks away from ISMIR.

Entertainment

Again, too many places to list exhaustively: theatres, concert halls, cinemas, music clubs… See the guides in the Useful Web Sites section for listings, and Pariscope for programming.

G3	Centre Pompidou			Excellent author movie programming
D6	Châtelet – Théâtre musical de Paris	Place du Châtelet 75001 Paris	01 40 28 28 28	Operas, concerts, ballet, recitals
H5	Cinéma Latina	20 rue du Temple 75004 Paris		Excellent movies, usually in Spanish (Spain, Latin and South American)
H3	Cinéma MK2 Beaubourg	50 rue Rambuteau 75003 Paris		Good author movies (“art et essai”).
E6	Théâtre de la Ville	2 place du Châtelet 75004 Paris	01 42 74 22 77	Theater, concerts and dance at this wonderful theater a few blocks away from the ISMIR venue.

Interesting areas to visit

IRCAM and the Pompidou center are located in the Marais (literally, swamp) historical area, full of old houses (see the Restaurant Nicolas Flamel above) and mansions, small and large plazas. A few of the closest places worth walking through:

(A2)	Jardins du Palais Royal		Large square within the splendid buildings of the Palais Royal, with the Comédie Française historical theatre and many other landmarks, bordered with antique shops and restaurants (including the famous Grand Véfour), a block away from the Louvre and not far from the Garnier Opéra house.
	Passages de Paris		Of the many covered galleries or arcades built during the 19^th century, subject of Walter Benjamin’s masterwork, the remaining ones are definitely worth the visit. Within walking distance, you’ll find the galleries Vérot Dodat (see also “restaurants” above), Vivienne and Colbert
(J6)	Place des Vosges	From the Pompidou Center, walk through rue Rambuteau (I3) going west, then into rue des Francs Bourgeois. It is at its end.	A splendid 17^th century square. Victor Hugo lived there (visit his museum at no. 6). See also the Hôtel de Sully mansion at the south-west corner. Beautiful shops.
(J6)	Village St Paul	A block located between rues St Paul, Charlemagne, Ave Maria and Jardins St Paul, a couple of blocks away from Place des Vosges.	A maze of little quaint courtyards with plenty of arts and antique shops.

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