Beijing from BelowBetween the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing's old city in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalarone of the capital city's poorest neighborhoods and only a stone's throw from Tiananmen Squarelived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation. Few had stable employment. Today, most of Dashalar's original inhabitants have been relocated, displaced by gentrification. In Beijing from Below