Though I believe Baroness Elsa was a threat mainly in downtown NYC during
the teens, and later in Paris during the twenties. One of her husbands,
Felix Paul Greve, may have strolled Canadian boulevards. Have you read
The Politics of Cultural Mediation: Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
and Felix Paul Greve. University of Alberta Press 2003
Barry
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:18:08 -0700, Douglas Barbour
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>Not to mention NY's boulevards!
>
>Of which there are many in such Canadian cities as Winnipeg, Montréal,
>etc....
>
>Doug
>On 6-Jan-08, at 4:25 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
>
>> The concept of the boulevardier or flaneur immediately came to mind,
>> though
>> in this instance perhaps a female dandy (to borrow Moira Roth's
>> formulation
>> for Baroness Elsa, a figure William Carlos Williams, and perhaps even
>> her
>> collaborators Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, were afraid to encounter on
>> the
>> streets of NYC).
>>
>> Barry Alpert
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