Rue Irenee-Blanc is in the La Campagne area of Paris in the 20th arrondissement. La Campagne a Paris is a residential housing development which literally means 'the countryside in Paris'. The neighbourhood was founded for working class families in 1907, on the top of a former quarry dump. The district comprises 92 garden townhouses built in brick or millstones.
The area is best explored on foot, by wandering the quaint paved connecting streets and admiring the gardens and the climbing plant decorated houses. Walking through the neighbourhood feels surprisingly peaceful for Paris, with no through traffic, apart from random neighbourhood cats who are left in peace to roam.