Between the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing\'s "old city" in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalar--one of the capital city\'s poorest neighborhoods and only a stone\'s throw from Tian\'anmen Square--lived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation.
In Beijing from Below Harriet Evans captures the last ga.
Today, most of Dashalar\'s original inhabitants have been relocated, displaced by gentrification.
Few had stable employment.
Between the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing\'s "old city" in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalar--one of the capital city\'s poorest neighborhoods and only a stone\'s throw from Tian\'anmen Square--lived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation