胡同 community gets a reprieve for now.
Come on, go go go! 加油！
China: Redevelopment Plan Scrapped for Historic Beijing Neighborhood
By MICHAEL WINES
September 7, 2010
Beijing officials have shelved a much-attacked plan to redevelop the Gulou Drum Tower neighborhood, a warren of alleys and small homes dating from the Qing and Ming dynasties, into a tourist spot with high-end stores, The Beijing Times reported.
The alleys, called hutongs, are among the few historic residential areas that have not been demolished in the city’s rush to accommodate a fast-growing population and capitalize on ballooning land prices. The redevelopment plan called for the hutongs and the old Drum Tower, a Beijing landmark, to accommodate a new museum of timekeeping, a high-end underground shopping center and parking.
Most residents had been awaiting an order to move out. The newspaper quoted an unidentified city official as saying the so-called Time Cultural City is “a thing of the past,” but said the neighborhood’s future remained unclear.
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