Square de Montsouris, Garden street in 14th arrondissement, France.
The square de Montsouris is a private street about 200 metres long, paved with small pale rectangular cobblestones and sloping upward. It is lined with red and brown brick houses trimmed in white stone, some with wrought-iron balconies, wall lanterns and climbing vines. Twenty-eight of them are brick HBM houses built in 1924 by architect Jacques Bonnier on a single model.
The street was created in 1922 as a private street and opened to public access in 1959. This opening marked an important moment in the development of the area located next to Parc Montsouris.
The street's name comes from the neighbouring Parc Montsouris. Twenty-eight of its houses are HBM red-brick or ochre-brick dwellings built in 1924 by architect Jacques Bonnier to a single model, each with a laundry room, cellar and workshop in the basement and two bedrooms upstairs. A painted sundial from 1900 decorates the facade of no. 28.
Visitors can walk the street easily but should expect uneven cobblestones and slopes throughout. The nearest metro stations are Alésia and Porte d'Orléans, both within a short walk.
Several well-known artists chose to live on the street, particularly painter Tsugouharu Foujita who made it his home. Most houses were built with strict construction rules requiring red or ochre brick, giving the street a consistent visual character.
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