Paul Blanchy Street
in 1955 rue Trung nu Vuong
(now Hai Bà Trúng)
Paul Blanchy (1837-1901), son of a merchant from Bordeaux, moved to Indochina in 1871 and developed pepper farming.
He was elected the first mayor of Saigon, from 1895 to 1901, having been president of of the Colonial Council of Cochin-China in 1873. Saigon was the only city in colonial Vietnam to have an elected mayor.
Paul Blanchy in 1947
Left: Paul Blanchy Street near the Harbor.
Center: at the background the Tan Dinh Church.
Right: on the left the Grall Hopital.
Tân Dinh Market
The market was built in 1926-1927 by Société d' Études et de Constructions (SIDEC).
Tân Dinh Church
Tân Dinh church is one of the oldest and most beautiful churches in Saigon. I took six years to build it, from 1870 to 1876.
Its style is both Gothic, Romanesque, and Baroque. In 1929, it was finished with a bell tower 60 meters tall.
The top of the bell tower is octagonal with a 3-meter tall bronze cross at the peak, and 5 bells weighing about 5½ tons.
All the altars in the choir section are made of Carrara marble.
Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina "BGI"
The "Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina, BGI" building was built during the 30's by the architect Paul Veysseyre of the firm of Brodard & Taupin at:
6, Paul Blanchy Street
Saigon
Tel : 20.311 et Ca : 528
Products manufactured: Ice, Beer, Soft Drinks.
Branches : Saigon - Cholon - Phnom Penh - Hanoi - Haiphong.
Manager: Mr. H. Murtin
B.G.I. will cease its activities in Indochina in 1976 to settle in North Africa and Southern Africa.
The « Brasseries et Glacières d'Indochine » (Breweries and Ice-Houses
of Indochina) which made the famous “Larue” and “33” export beers.
At the end of the 19th century, a demobilized top sergeant of the French Army took up beer-making in Saigon by joining a brewer from Hanoi, a certain Hommel, to found the Breweries and Ice-Houses of Indochina, (BGI).
After the death of its founder, The Denis Brothers, the company of the four brothers from Bordeaux which had been in Saigon since 1862, took over the business. Over 4000 persons worked for BGI until 1975.
Larue and "33" Export Biers
Le Corsica 
20 Paul Blanchy Street L'Entrepôt Vinicole
L'entrepôt vinicole "Un Provencal" Company
Alsatian butcher 25 rue Paul Blanchy 20 - 24 Paul Blanchy Street Les Caves du Sahel
S. Crisias & F. Pettinato Khinh - Ky
Grocery
Rickshaw in Paul Blanchy Street |
F. Bonneli (later G. Brandt) 55 Paul Blanchy Street Tel. 22737 Compagnie Indochinoise d'Electricité
S.I.E. : Lignt, Ventilation, Power L.P.I. La Philatélie Internationale Thich Huu
Thich Huu civilian and military tailor Tôbia
224 Paul Blanchy Street Jubin Company
Jubin Company Polyclinic Tan Dinh
328 Paul Blanchy Street
Photo Tan My |
The French Indochina Tramway Company
CFTI
138 Paul Blanchy Street
Saigon
In 1913, the FITC electrified the Saigon-Cholon tram line from the lower road to the markes at Binh Tay. In 1939 the FITC thus had a network of about one hundred kilometers, about three-quarters electrified.
The entire network was powered by three substations.
The FITC used electric railcars with bogies and overhead power supply. They could pull 4 to 5 cars.
The tram line ran chaotically during the Japanese occupation.
The Saigon-Cholon line would run again from 1946 to 1956, the date at which the FITC would shut down.
In 2008 work is in progress to rebuild new tram lines in the city of Saigon.
Chaigneau Street Caffa
The paper specialists of Indochina Pellerin Street Misetal
Dyna - Panhard Dealer Printing Kim Son
100, Pellerin Street Ancien Établissements Eiffel
Agency in Indochina : Lê Loi Street Albatros (Paint)
Headquarters : |
Filipini Street SIT (ITC)
Chrysler - Plymouth - Fargo - Frère Louis Street Air Outre Mer (Overseas Air)
Formerly C.A.T.I. "Compagnie Aérienne de Transports Indochinois et Africains" (Indochina and African Air Transport Company).
Barracks
French Army quartering in 1953 on Louis Brother Street.
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