Galerie Élysées-La-Boétie, Long gallery in 8th arrondissement, France.
Galerie Élysées-La-Boétie is a covered passage roughly 70 meters long and 7 meters wide connecting Avenue des Champs-Élysées to Rue La Boétie. The corridor runs on the ground floor of a 1931 building and now forms part of the Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées complex.
The passage appeared in 1931 when architect André Arfvidson designed a building for First Citybank of New York that included a covered public corridor on the ground floor. This building replaced a historic hotel that had been relocated in 1928, reflecting the district's transformation during that period.
The name simply joins the two streets it links: Avenue des Champs-Élysées and Rue La Boétie. Above the entrance, a metal band reads "52 GALERIE ELYSEES-LA BOETIE 52", and the side jambs are cast with stacked V shapes and circles. Shops once lined the corridor; since the 2019 opening of Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées the gallery is closed to through traffic.
The passage provides a direct pedestrian route between two major streets, making it a useful shortcut through this busy district. Since renovations in 2019, it is now part of Galeries Lafayette and follows the store's opening hours and access policies.
The passage occupies the ground floor of the building André Arfvidson designed for the First Citybank of New York between 1929 and 1931. It was closed permanently during the restoration that installed the Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées, inaugurated in 2019. The metal band over the entrance still reads "52 GALERIE ELYSEES-LA BOETIE 52".
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