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  29. <h1><a href="http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/china.html"><img src="images/Qianmen_8591brown.jpg" alt="" width="273" height="250" align="middle" border="0"></a><font size="+3" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em>Qianmen Neighborhood in Beijing </em></font></h1>
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  51. <td><a name="23" href="pages/001_OldQianmen.html"><img src="images/QianmenOld_8400crbwws.jpg" alt="0021sundial5416bw" height="106" width="150" border="0"></a></td>
  52. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A collection of old photographs from the <strong>1880</strong>'s to the 1950's showing buildings along the main streets of the Qianmen district and within the Qianmen / Dashila hutongs </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">前门胡同,大栅栏胡同</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">.</font></td>
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  60. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In <strong>2004</strong>, the hutongs </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">胡同</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, near Qianmen Street, were a neighborhood on the chopping block. The residents had already heard rumors that their homes would be razed, but work had not begun and it was still a vibrant area.</font></td>
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  68. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In <strong>2008</strong>, the hutongs </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">胡同</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> were half way to destruction. One section of the hutong was still occupied but the end was near. The hutongs on the east side of Qianmen East Street and Qianmen Street include Cao Chang Hutong, Dajiang Hutong and the Xiaojiang Hutong.</font></td>
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  76. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A few pictures of what was once an old neighborhood to the south and east of Qianmen Street. The modern renovation left no trace of the previous neighborhoods. The area was remade into a major wholesale-retail area. The future of Beijing.</font></td>
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  84. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In <strong>2004</strong> the main shopping streets of Qianmen, Qianmen Street </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">前门大街</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and Dazhalan or Dashila Street </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">大栅栏街</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> contain many traditional shops as well as interesting architecture. These pictures were taken in 2004, before the whole thing was torn up.</font></td>
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  92. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Qianmen is crowned by the Archery or Arrow Tower </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">箭楼</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Jiàn Lóu which provided defense for Zhengyangmen, the southern gate into the Inner City. </font></td>
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  100. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Today, Zhengyangmen </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">正阳门</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> sits isolated at the south end of Tian'anmen Square. In the past it was part of the fortifications of the Inner City wall surrounding the Imperial Palace (Forbidden City).</font></td>
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  108. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nearby, the Old Zhengyangmen(</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">正阳门</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">) Station which served the Beijing-Shenyang Railway hosts an Internet cafe.</font></td>
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  116. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Qianmen </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">前门</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> area is being reconfigured, torn down, and refurbished. Early in <strong>2008</strong>, the construction and destruction were well underway. These pictures include both the construction around Qianmen Street and some of the side streets that have, so far, been untrouched.</font></td>
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  124. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">South of Qianmen Street the traditions of close-knit neighborhoods survive. Open air markets serve as the heart of a neighborhood.</font></td>
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  132. <td valign="middle" width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From 2007 to 2008 Qianmen Street </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">前门大街</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> and Dashila (Dazhalan) Street </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">大栅栏街 </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">were torn down, built up, or rennovated.</font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On <strong>August 7th, 2008</strong> the new streets opened and the crowds were there to gawk, rather than to buy. The opening had been delayed over a month and many stores were not yet occupied.</font></td>
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  140. <td width="80%"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">These are the same images as in the above series, but we enter at the point where you turn off Qianmen Street to go west on Dashila (Dazhalan) Street </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">大栅栏街</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. Dashila Jie is one of the earliest walking streets in Beijing. Many of the traditional stores have been there for over a hundred years.</font></td>
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