Gulou

These days, those who reside in the neighborhood known as Gulou are anxiously counting the days until construction crews begin turning its 32 charmingly decrepit acres into a polished tourist attraction called Beijing Time Cultural City.

NYT > Home Page 2010

These days, those who reside in the neighborhood known as Gulou are anxiously counting the days until construction crews begin turning its 32 charmingly decrepit acres into a polished tourist attraction called Beijing Time Cultural City.

NYT > Global Home 2010

A few kilometers away is Gulou Dongdajie, a street of pubs, guitar shops and vintage-clothing stores—Beijing's answer to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury.

Mixing the High and the Low in Beijing Josh Chin 2012

One cafe owner, who asked not to be quoted by name, was called to the local police station in the Gulou, or Drum Tower, area and warned that "overseas reactionary forces" might try to "instigate" some actions on Friday night.

On eve of Nobel ceremony, China cracks down and lashes out Keith B. Richburg 2010

A leisurely Saturday spent strolling the hutongs between Gulou (the Drum Tower) and Yonghegong (the Lama Temple) offers a good dose of historic Beijing as well as its present-day underground youth culture.

City Walk: Beijing Kristina P 2010

One cafe owner, who asked not to be quoted by name, was called to the local police station in the Gulou, or Drum Tower, area and warned that "overseas reactionary forces" might try to "instigate" some actions on Friday night.

On eve of Nobel ceremony, China cracks down and lashes out Keith B. Richburg 2010

Then, a bombshell: Police said they are investigating the parents and suspect them of feeding their girl the nails although "there is a lack evidence to take them into custody," said Luo Wanglai, deputy chief of Gulou Police Station in Yulin City, Xinhua reported.

China Real Time Excerpts 2010

Take a right on Gulou Dong Da Jie, which runs up to the historic Drum and Bell Towers, originally built in 1272 under Kublai Khan.

City Walk: Beijing Kristina P 2010

On the same side of the street, just past the north entrance to Nanluoguxiang Hutong, is Paper (138 Gulou Dong Da Jie).

City Walk: Beijing Kristina P 2010

Lovers of wine may opt for the "Red Wine Package" (RMB 2,720) at the Gulou branch, which includes aroma steam¬ing, a grape seed body scrub, a red wine body wrap, a signature massage and a night at the Gehua New Cen¬tury Hotel.

Chinalyst - China blogs in English thebeijinger 2010