West Chang’an Avenue Expansion
With the upcoming of the 60th anniversery of the People’s Republic of China, there is an expansion project undergoing in the west part of Chang’an Avenue, the road will be 10-lanes wide after the project. The construction around Xinhuamen Area starts on 20th of March, and most of the work will be done in the night for not affecting day’s traffic, the project will be finished by August.
Compensation for relocation of the habitants is in progress, and where ever you go in this neighbourhood, you can hear someone talking about this, according to the estimation for the property in this area, the price goes about RMB25,095 Yuan/square meter, sounds no bad, but the local family average space seems to be not very big…
This is the announcement, and it indicates which house is going to be demolished.
At the entrance of an old courtyard, a pillar used this way to reinforce the structure.
Tiles of the roof, the pattern we know means longevity.
Inside one of the courtyard, we can tell the rooms are not very comfortable to live in.
Bird nest, kind of vrey popular local hobby.
The area is very close to the National Opera House.
Entrance into an old barracks of the Qing Dynasty.
A old entrance into a temple, the temple was built for a concubine of the Emperor Qianlong, the concubine said to be very favoured by Qianlong, and she was a muslin. I can just see part of the entrance, but cannot see any building behind it. This place is very easy to miss, a public toilet was built just in front.
