A worker is demolishing an old neighborhood in Beijing. As Beijing prepares for an economy-boosting Olympic Games, much of the old city is being demolished.

一名工人正在拆除一处位于北京的老旧社区。当北京在为能带来经济挹注的奥运做准备同时，这座古城大部分区域将被拆除。

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The structure space of the project is about 450 square meter, "L" shape neighborhood located in Beijing traditional Hutong district.

项目位于北京旧城胡同街区内，用地是一个占地面积约450平米的“L”型小院，比较狭长并不宽阔。

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In recent years, hei Qiao neighborhood in Beijing was created spontaneously by a group of young artists from outside Beijing, a place for living, creating and exhibiting their works.

黑桥艺术区是近年来由一群北京周边及北京以外的年轻艺术家自发形成的艺术创作，展示及生活空间。

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Lang and his father moved into Fengtai, a grim neighborhood of Beijing, where they occupied a studio apartment a hundred feet square, with bunk beds, a piano, a tiny galley kitchen, and no heat.

NEWYORKER: The Olympian

Two summers ago, a truckload of Beijing municipal workers turned up in my neighborhood and began unspooling heavy-duty black power lines, which they attached to our houses, in preparation for a campaign to replace coal-burning furnaces with electric radiators.

NEWYORKER: Green Giant

Public notices by the Beijing Municipal Construction Committee are up around the neighborhood, listing which addresses face relocation.

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