Flickr Picks – Beijing – Xizhimen
July 1st, 2008 by Stephen Cronin [Shortlink]Flickr Picks: My favourite China related finds from Flickr, the photo sharing website. Click on the image to visit the photo's home page on Flickr.
denn posted a photo:
A photo of the Xizhimen area of Beijing. The office buildings are a fairly notable landmark in the area.
I also dug up some information from Wikipedia’s Xizhimen entry:
formerly a gate in the Beijing city wall and is now the name of a transportation node in Beijing. The gate formerly was the entrance of drinking water for the Emperor, coming from the Jade Spring Hills to the west of Beijing. The gate itself was demolished in 1969.
The 2nd Ring Road currently links with Xizhimen Outer Street, which has recently been transformed into a city express road, linking the western 2nd Ring Road via Beijing Zoo to the 3rd Ring Road. A triple-arched highrise building is a noticeable landmark at the intersection.
It’s also has two underground stations (one for line2 and one for line 13) that are close together, but not actually connected.
It’s not the most visually appealing photo to appear in the Flickr Picks series (it’s not bad, just not as great as some of the others), but I’ve included it because it shows what Beijing looks like.
Disclaimer: This photo was not taken by me. It was shared by a third-party on Flickr, under a Creative Commons license. For details on the license, see the photo's home page on the Flickr website.
