Coquillière (la rue)

Coquillière (la rue) In Paris' first arrondissement, a street in what was once the central marketplace for produce and meat known as les Halles. Named for Pierre Coquillière (c. 1280), member of a rich family on whose lands the street was built. Although the area is still known as les Halles, redevelopment has eliminated almost all of the butchers' and grocers' stalls in favor of a modern underground mall. The rue Coquillière lies between the Banque de France, the Bourse de Commerce, and the…