Custom wallpaper lines a side stairwell at the Saint James Paris, referring to the hotel and club’s location on what was once a field for launching hot-air balloons. Photo by Jimmy Cohrssen.
The imposing 1892 mansion that is now
the Saint James Paris was built by the widow of President Adolphe Thiers near
the Bois de Boulogne, on what had been a field used to launch hot-air balloons. +Read Article