Beijing Coking-Chemical Plant to be a future industry heritage park
The Beijing Coking-chemical Plant was built in 1958, and has been in operation for almost 50 years since.
Its main production was gas distilled from the coal,the gas from this plant goes to Beijing through the pipe system, which saved a lot of pollution downtown, and its byproducts was fuel for Beijing Steel Corporation (首钢 ShouGang).
From 16th July of 2006, the plant was shut down, and moved to another City Tangshan, and after a diversification of the workers, now the challange is how to deal with this mammoth ? First plan was easy: just tear down everything, and after two office buildings were blowed up, more research founds that the best way is to preserve the whole complex, turn it into a Industry Relics Park.
Now from 10th to 24th of Oct., 6 out of more 50 cantidate plans was selected out, and waiting to be polled at Beijing City Planning Exihibation Hall.
And the new No.7 subway is going to pass by here as well.
There is a detail report on this here.
And a website of The Hansa Cokung Plant and Duisburg Nord Landscape Park.
