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Hayley Richardson | Mon, Jan 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, beijing, bronx, freegans, trains, paratransit, yankee stadium | 0
Beijing transforms into a self-declared world city in time for the Olympic Games in August, it is also rushing to complete its “conservation plan” for 25 historic areas.Tens of thousands of families have been forced to move when their ancestral homes have been razed ahead of the Beijing Olympics. This means knocking the buildings down, removing the occupants to more remote parts of the city, and creating in a couple of neighbourhoods an ersatz version of Olde Worlde…
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