Beijing Bookworm – Beijing Postcards – Looking for the Master Plan – Thursday, November 22

Beijing Postcards – Looking for the Master Plan

Have you ever wondered why Beijing’s founders decided to place the capitol on the Huabei plain? (Was it the sandstorms or the lack of water?) Or where the first ring road is?

“Looking for the Master Plan” is a crash course in Beijing’s urban development.

Through this talk you will get a clear understanding of how Beijing became the city it is today. Using their own collection of archival maps of Beijing, Beijing Postcards has created a visual presentation tracing the development of the Northern capital from a maze of hutong alleyways to a megacity with over 20 million inhabitants.