Past and Present

No.108 Dongsi South Street in Beijing consists of three clothing stores. However, they were once connected and belonged to an old brand.

When renovations on Dongsi Street, located in Dongcheng District started in July 2020, experts from the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design removed its marble facade and uncovered a traditional building, the eaves and oil decorations and paintings of which have remained intact.

“It is an exciting discovery as those old components are well preserved,” Zhang Hanyu, head of the project, told . After browsing historical files such as old photos, they found