Place Louis-Armstrong, Square and pedestrian zone in the 13th arrondissement, Paris
Place Louis-Armstrong is a triangular square formed where rue Esquirol, rue Jeanne-d'Arc and rue Jenner meet, in the Salpêtrière quarter of Paris's 13th arrondissement. It was laid out on the footprint of the surrounding streets and named on 4 February 1992. The square holds the jardin Federica-Montseny and one of the arrondissement's ten Wallace fountains.
The square was created in 1992 and officially named after jazz musician Louis Armstrong that same year. The land had previously served other urban purposes before being converted into a pedestrian space for the neighborhood.
The square honours Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), the jazz trumpeter whose first European record was cut in 1934 at the Polydor studios on boulevard de la Gare, in what is now the 13th arrondissement. The name was given on 4 February 1992, when the triangular square was created on the land of the surrounding streets.
The nearest metro station is Campo-Formio on line 5, from which the square is easy to reach on foot. As a pedestrian zone, it is open at all times and requires no planning to visit.
Louis Armstrong's first European record was cut in 1934 at the Polydor studios on boulevard de la Gare, in what is now the 13th arrondissement, a few streets from the square that later took his name. The square itself was named on 4 February 1992.
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