Vestiges of Former Streets
Some vestiges of the streets removed to make way for the Boulevard still remain today. There are still a few sections of original streets, e.g., the current rue Gozlin, part of the former rue Sainte-Marguerite, which now consists of a single very short city block between the Place du Quebec (at the rue Bonaparte) and the rue des Ciseaux.
As well, parts of original streets have more or less been maintained in their original state, but incorporated into the Boulevard as short narrow sections separated from the main Boulevard by a traffic island. For example, there is the South side of the Boulevard at the Place Henri Mondor, South of the Odeon Metro station, which is the former rue des Cordeliers (later renamed rue de l'Ecole de Médecine) and an extension of the current rue de L'Ecole de Médecine, but is now considered as being the Boulevard Saint-Germain. Another example is the South side of the Boulevard just East of the rue des Ciseaux, which extends the current rue Gozlin, formerly rue Sainte-Marguerite. The North side of the rue Gozlin and this short section extending it represent exactly how much further South the Abbey extended before the creation of the Boulevard Saint-Germain.
In some sections of the Boulevard, a side of the former street was preserved and the buildings are much older than the Haussmannian facades that comprise most of the rest of the buildings on the Boulevard. For example, the buildings on the North side of the Boulevard between the rue de Buci and the rue de Seine are the original North side the former rue des Boucheries (renamed rue de l'Ecole de Médecine in 1846).
At 175 Boulevard Saint-Germain at the corner of the rue des Saint-Peres stands a building originally built in 1678 and still bearing the street sign for the rue Taranne.
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