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Postscript as Preface
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Start from Documentation
36
A “Tree” Grows in Everyone’s Heart
44
The Bullfighter’s Favourite Appetizers
52
From Crêpe to Champing Ports
60
Bookworms’ Paradise
68
Noodle House with a Hidden Entrance
76
A Small Oasis in a Riot
84
Advanced Animal’s Carnival
92
Taco Met Locomotive
100
Everyone Is a Photographer
108
I Want to Be a Vault
116
Axonometric Models of Sanlitun
119
Chronological Events of Sanlitun
123
Map of Sanlitun
CO NTENT 11
Postscript as Preface
19
Start from Documentation
36
A “Tree” Grows in Everyone’s Heart
44
The Bullfighter’s Favourite Appetizers
52
From Crêpe to Champing Ports
60
Bookworms’ Paradise
68
Noodle House with a Hidden Entrance
76
A Small Oasis in a Riot
84
Advanced Animal’s Carnival
92
Taco Met Locomotive
100
Everyone Is a Photographer
108
I Want to Be a Vault
116
Axonometric Models of Sanlitun
119
Chronological Events of Sanlitun
123
Map of Sanlitun
A Little Bit of Beijing
SANL I TU N
PO STSCR I PT AS PR E FACE “What is past is prologue” – Shakespeare, from The Tempest
It’s been five years since 2008, when we began to record Building No.42 in Sanlitun South. Although progress has been slow, it ceases to end. In 2011, we independently published a pamphlet called A Little Bit of Beijing, which included some notable places in Sanlitun and 798. This pamphlet gained some affirmation at that time, which gave us great encouragement and we decided to keep a long-term record. In 2012, we met Qin Lei from the editorial studio of Tongji University Press in Beijing; we decided to publish A Little Bit of Beijing formally. For this purpose, we restocked content of Sanlitun and 798, turning them into two separate pamphlets and added a new record of Nanluoguxiang. Production process is long, which means there is a time span about the information of these books. The readers can see the Sanlitun in 2009, 798 in 2011, and Nanluoguxiang in 2012. We once hesitated to update the latest information, and eventually gave up.
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SANL I TU N
PO STSCR I PT AS PR E FACE “What is past is prologue” – Shakespeare, from The Tempest
It’s been five years since 2008, when we began to record Building No.42 in Sanlitun South. Although progress has been slow, it ceases to end. In 2011, we independently published a pamphlet called A Little Bit of Beijing, which included some notable places in Sanlitun and 798. This pamphlet gained some affirmation at that time, which gave us great encouragement and we decided to keep a long-term record. In 2012, we met Qin Lei from the editorial studio of Tongji University Press in Beijing; we decided to publish A Little Bit of Beijing formally. For this purpose, we restocked content of Sanlitun and 798, turning them into two separate pamphlets and added a new record of Nanluoguxiang. Production process is long, which means there is a time span about the information of these books. The readers can see the Sanlitun in 2009, 798 in 2011, and Nanluoguxiang in 2012. We once hesitated to update the latest information, and eventually gave up.
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A “Tr ee” Gr ows in E ver yone’s H ear t
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A “Tr ee” Gr ows in E ver yone’s H ear t
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Fr om C r êpe to C ham ping P or ts
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Fr om C r êpe to C ham ping P or ts
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Taco Met Locomotive
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Taco Met Locomotive
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E ver yone Is a P hotogr apher
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E ver yone Is a P hotogr apher
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A Little Bit of Beijing
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I W ant to B e a V ault
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I W ant to B e a V ault
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SANL I TU N
CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF SANLITUN Sanlitun, named after a three-kilometer distance from Beijing’s inner city
1958
Began to build uptown in Sanlitun, unit courtyard first appearred.
1959
Beijing’s embassy district is moved to Sanlitun from the first embassy district of Beijing legation quarter.
1962
North embassy district built (second embassy district).
1960s – 1980s
Diplomatic apartment complex built, Sanlitun area gradually developed into a diplomatic community.
1988
Chaoyang District mobilizes cadres contracted shops in the high street of Sanlitun, and then forms prosperous street for auto parts.
1989
Beijing’s first bar opened on Sanlitun South street, paving the way for barsin Beijing.
1995
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First bars opened on Sanlitun North street.
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A Little Bit of Beijing
SANL I TU N
CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF SANLITUN Sanlitun, named after a three-kilometer distance from Beijing’s inner city
1958
Began to build uptown in Sanlitun, unit courtyard first appearred.
1959
Beijing’s embassy district is moved to Sanlitun from the first embassy district of Beijing legation quarter.
1962
North embassy district built (second embassy district).
1960s – 1980s
Diplomatic apartment complex built, Sanlitun area gradually developed into a diplomatic community.
1988
Chaoyang District mobilizes cadres contracted shops in the high street of Sanlitun, and then forms prosperous street for auto parts.
1989
Beijing’s first bar opened on Sanlitun South street, paving the way for barsin Beijing.
1995
118
First bars opened on Sanlitun North street.
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The Tree Bar
2
Spanish Restaurant “Carmen” 18 Ju Bar
3
French Restaurant
19 Sihua Clothing Factory
4
Bookworm Bookstore
20 Sex Toys Shop
5
Sanlitun Noodle House
21 Green Grocery
6
Spanish Bar
22 CiKe Tattoo Shop
7
Friendship Youth Bar
23 Wired Space Tattoo Studio
8
Luga's Pho Pho Vietnamese
24 Zhengyuanhui Food Store
Restaurant
25 Yunxi Clothing Shop
Lomography Workshop
26 No. 42 Pedicure and Nail Salons
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17 Ju Bar
10 d. Lounge Bar
27 Video Store
11 Muse Hair Style Salons
28 Grocery Store
12 Zhouji Clothing Factory
29 Small Shop
13 Ju Bar
30 Sanlitun Village North
14 Liushu Clothing Shop
31 The Opposite House
15 Pakistan Restaurant
32 Migas Bar
16 No. 45 Video Store
33 Sanlitun Village South
B E I J I N G
W O R K E R S
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6
31
7 1
5
2
11 29
32 8
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S A N L I T U N
M ap of S A N L I T U N
1
The Tree Bar
2
Spanish Restaurant “Carmen” 18 Ju Bar
3
French Restaurant
19 Sihua Clothing Factory
4
Bookworm Bookstore
20 Sex Toys Shop
5
Sanlitun Noodle House
21 Green Grocery
6
Spanish Bar
22 CiKe Tattoo Shop
7
Friendship Youth Bar
23 Wired Space Tattoo Studio
8
Luga's Pho Pho Vietnamese
24 Zhengyuanhui Food Store
Restaurant
25 Yunxi Clothing Shop
Lomography Workshop
26 No. 42 Pedicure and Nail Salons
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17 Ju Bar
10 d. Lounge Bar
27 Video Store
11 Muse Hair Style Salons
28 Grocery Store
12 Zhouji Clothing Factory
29 Small Shop
13 Ju Bar
30 Sanlitun Village North
14 Liushu Clothing Shop
31 The Opposite House
15 Pakistan Restaurant
32 Migas Bar
16 No. 45 Video Store
33 Sanlitun Village South
B E I J I N G
W O R K E R S
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