Paris (XIVth district). La Coupole, boulevard Montparnasse. Taxis and private cars
line the street in front of the popular restaurant.

Source:
Paris en Images, copyright Pierre Jahan / Roger-Viollet (JAH-NOC-2-101):
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Gaito Gazdanov's Paris / 8

Paris by night

I left toward eight or nine o’clock in the evening and until midnight I transported all sorts of people; only then did Paris empty, in the whole city there remained only a few lively intersections, oases in the desert of cobblestones – Montparnasse, Montmarte, certain spots along the great boulevards –, that which is called Paris by night. [81]