Possible Clues:

• Left Bank neighborhood
• Part of Paris's Rive Gauche
• The French with money put up a bit of their capital
• Region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine
• Centre for students and artists on south bank of River Seine in Paris
• The French can lodge in one area of Paris
• 12 minutes of South American basketball?
• Apartment with concealed entrance, very fashionable: pity it's in Paris
• Artsy area of Paris