NY Times · Jul 7, 2024
The Windmills Are Back Up on the Moulin Rouge
The Moulin Rouge hosted an outdoor performance on Friday to celebrate the restoration of its iconic windmill.The moulin is back. The rouge never left.
The Moulin Rouge, the famed Paris cabaret, has restored its iconic windmill after its blades broke and fell to the ground in April. The construction was finished weeks before the Paris Olympics are set to begin — and before the flame passes by on its relay route through Paris on July 15.
“We wanted to be ready for this special moment,” said Jean-Victor Clerico, the managing director, whose family has run the cabaret since 1955, adding, “The Moulin Rouge without the blades? It’s not the same.”