The Gulou neighborhood, just north of the Forbidden City, is one of the few undeveloped areas left in Beijing. It's famous for its brick towers where drums and bells help locals tell the time. All that will change soon, when the government sends in bulldozers to redevelop the area into the "Beijing Time Cultural City." Not everyone is happy with this latest redevelopment plan.
Beijing Journal - Bulldozers Meet Historic Quarters in Beijing, to Mixed Reaction - NYTimes.com
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