In the 19th century, each building on the street offered up some of its space as a "free leasehold" to support the theatre companies and culture. In 1921, the Théâtre des Nouveautés, the stage door of which was right next to the entrance to the hotel, was inaugurated.
This is the Paris of post-theatre suppers, of vaudeville and ""cafés concerts"" (live entertainment bars), of strolls along the Grands Boulevards, where all of Parisian society wander alongside one another, from the duchesse to the labourer.
On the most lively of the capital's thoroughfares, one can stroll between theatres, cafés, restaurants and amusement arcades… The covered arcades are home to theatres, Art Nouveau style abounds, with its arabesques, its rural painted landscapes and its ceramic wall tiles