One thing that caught my eye was the strange phrase trop va qui dure, which I was having trouble translating (I'm not a native speaker). I felt better when I lo

One thing that caught my eye was the strange phrase trop va qui dure, which I was having trouble translating (I'm not a native speaker). I felt better when I looked at the Wikipedia page which said that the origin of the name remains mysterious. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Trop-Va-Qui-Dure https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Trop-Va-Qui-Dure The road was also called the Road Along the Seine and Misery Valley. It disappeared in 1813 when they demolished the Grand Châtelet. You can still see traces on modern Paris--places like the Rue St. Denis. There are also remnants of the Grand Châtelet in place names, like the shopping center (more like a mall) called Châtelet - Les Halles not far from its namesake.