Plus Ca Change, Plus C’est Le Meme Chose

If you were to take a leisurely stroll down the rue des Lombards, which abuts it on the south side, you might miss Quincampoix altogether. It is but a simple cobblestoned alleyway, ending unceremoniously no more than five blocks to the north at the rue Boucher. Like many passages in this old part of the city, it is perpetually damp, and frequented by geegaw vendors and various dubious characters. As it is now, you’d never know it was the site of the greatest financial scandal of all time…