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For centuries, the wooden bookstalls have been a fixture in the heart of Paris, and so when the city’s police, citing security concerns, ordered them closed during this summer’s Olympic Games, an uproar ensued.

The open-air bookstalls that line the River Seine are as symbolic of Paris as the Louvre or the Arc de Triomphe.

And the riverside bookstalls are not just for the tourists.

Since there are so many bookstalls and they’re all outside, the hutches don’t end up crowded by people.

“The bookstalls on the Left Bank were very exposed, and they got no warning from the officials,” Mr. Bonnemains said.