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245	0	4	_aThe lost city / _h[electronic resource] : _bBeijing / _cproduced by Phoenix Satellite Television.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bFilmakers Library, _cc1964.
300			_a1 online resource (72 min.)
500			_aOriginally released as DVD.
500			_aTitle from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
506			_aAccess limited to subscribers
520			_aThis enlightening film looks at the issues of urban gentrification and preservation in Beijing today. For the past decade many of the city's old neighborhoods, the ancient, densely populated enclaves of narrow, winding streets and crumbling courtyard houses have been steadily demolished due to industrialization and modernization. The houses called "hutongs," were built around a central courtyard which provided structure for each family's development. Many were labelled unsafe by the government and have now been replaced by office towers and high-rise apartments.Much of the devastation has occurred in the Quianmen neighborhood, once the domain of the Qing dynasty (1644 -1911). For centuries it was filled with hutongs, opera halls and boarding houses filled with scholars. Quianmen is only one piece of the continuing citywide slum clearance and construction boom that have accelerated to prepare for the Olympic Games in 2008. Affordable housing has become such a serious problem that many people from old Beijing have been forced to the city's outskirts because they can no longer afford to live in their old neighborhoods. This has led to enormous traffic jams as more Chinese workers own cars and commute from the outskirts to the center. In 2005 the government came up with a new city plan which they hope will provide a way to accomodate both the city's heritage and its new development. This plan may provide for the city's growth as a world power center but has it come too late to save the city's architectural heritage?.
521			_aFor College; Adult audiences.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bAlexandria, VA : _cAlexander Street Press, _d2011. _f(Filmakers library online). _nAvailable via World Wide Web.
546			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aCity planning _zChina _zBeijing.
650		0	_aGentrification _zChina _zBeijing.
650		0	_aHistoric preservation _zChina _zBeijing.
655		0	_aDocumentary.
710	2		_aAlexander Street Press
710	2		_aPhoenix Satellite Television Limited.
830		0	_aFilmakers library online.
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio9046887 _zClick here for access.
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