每段用几句英文概括一下This article examines the rise of symbolic urban preservation as a means of urban growth in the spatialtransformation of Beijing from 1990 to 2005.The author argues that urban preservation,often consideredto be in opp

每段用几句英文概括一下This article examines the rise of symbolic urban preservation as a means of urban growth in the spatialtransformation of Beijing from 1990 to 2005.The author argues that urban preservation,often consideredto be in opp
每段用几句英文概括一下
This article examines the rise of symbolic urban preservation as a means of urban growth in the spatial
transformation of Beijing from 1990 to 2005.The author argues that urban preservation,often considered
to be in opposition to demolition and redevelopment,is nevertheless adopted by public officials and
developers in Beijing as a more sophisticated instrument to achieve urban growth.While the housing
renewal programme led to the demolition of a large number of courtyard houses and the construction of
modern high-rises,a variety of symbolic preservation projects were carried out by the local government
to reconcile various economic and political interests.These included the designation of preservation
districts,the restoration of historic monuments and the creation of cultural tourism districts.This twisted take
on urban development has had negative effects on the maintenance of cultural heritage and community
life in the city.
put the city up; tear the city down
put it up again; let us find a city.
Carl Sandburg,‘The Windy City’
At the southern end of the Central Axis of Old Beijing,a city gate named Yongding
Men was restored in 2005.First built in the fourteenth century,it was torn down in the
1950s (together with the city walls) in the construction of a socialist capital.Part of the
‘Cultural Heritage Preservation Plan for an Olympiad of Humanity,’ the restoration
project is considered significant because it completes the configuration of the entire
Central Axis and highlights the historic value of the Old City.Further north on the
Central Axis,not far from the Forbidden City,a historic district called Qianmen was
demolished in the same year that the city gate was rebuilt.The plan is to replace the
centuries-old one-storey courtyard houses with two- to six-storey buildings of historical
appearance for high-end residential and commercial use.None of those who lived
in the area before will be allowed to move back after the redevelopment.
How to explain the paradoxical picture of urban transformation in Beijing,in
which vanished historical monuments are restored while authentic urban fabric is
bulldozed?Examining the dynamics of spatial restructuring in Beijing from 1990 to
2005,I argue that the mixed pattern of demolition and preservation is generated
by the coexistence of two mechanisms of urban growth.The growth machine tears
down old neighbourhoods and puts up modern high-rises to maximise the economic
return from urban land.On the other hand,it converts selected architectural heritage
188 Yue Zhang

每段用几句英文概括一下This article examines the rise of symbolic urban preservation as a means of urban growth in the spatialtransformation of Beijing from 1990 to 2005.The author argues that urban preservation,often consideredto be in opp
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