Palais du Commerce, Historical monument in 10th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Palais du Commerce is a reinforced-concrete shopping gallery at 105 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, entered through a single passage. Its three-storey white facade has a curved top edge, an iron balustrade with circular motifs and a large iron arch with leaf patterns; two shopfronts flank the passage, and a small sign reads "SPORT". Inside, about fifty commercial units open onto walkways on the ground floor and two upper levels, lit by glass bricks and a glass roof. The basement holds the ballroom La Java.
Built in 1923–1924 by architect Ferdinand Bauguil, the Palais du Commerce opened with around fifty shops and workshops, plus the La Java ballroom in the basement. It was listed as a monument historique on 29 March 1994. Some units now stand abandoned while others house offices, but La Java still operates.
La Java, the dance hall in the basement, opened with the building in 1923-1924 and still operates there. It is reached from inside the gallery at 105 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple, so the commercial building and its ball share one address and one entrance.
The Palais du Commerce has a single entrance at 105 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple. Inside, about fifty commercial units line the ground floor and two upper levels, reached by open walkways around the courtyards. Some units stand abandoned and others hold offices, so expect a partly occupied building rather than a row of shops.
The building was listed as a monument historique on 29 March 1994, seventy years after Ferdinand Bauguil built it in 1923-1924. Its single entrance at 105 rue du Faubourg-du-Temple leads into galleries lit by glass bricks and a skylight, with La Java dance hall still occupying the basement.
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