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The Fusuijing Building, built in 1958, is the product of the "Great Leap Forward" period. The building has a large cafeteria, eight floors high. It is the earliest residential building in Beijing with an elevator. It was built with the leftovers of the Great Hall of the People . The volume is extremely grand and dignified. The 25,000-square-meter "Z" -shaped building can hardly be seen at any angle from the alley community in the northwest of Baita Temple.
Fusuijing Building
- The Fusuijing Building, built in 1958, is "
- The Fusuijing Building was built in 1958.
- In the same year, the People's Commune residential buildings were built in the North Government Hall of Dongcheng District and Fusui Jing in Xicheng District. They all have large spaces for public canteens, and each floor in the building is equipped with public water rooms and toilets. The building has 8 floors and 3 elevators. This is the first residential building in Beijing to be fitted with an elevator.
- At the beginning of 2004, it was listed as a big fire hazard unit in Beijing.
- In 2005, the Fusuijing Building began to retreat from danger. Most of the original 364 households were removed from the building [1] .
- In 2019, the Fusuijing Building became the first batch of 429 historic buildings in Beijing announced by the Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission [1] .
- The Fusuijing Building, built in 1958, is the product of the "Great Leap Forward" period. The building has a large cafeteria, eight floors high. It is the earliest residential building in Beijing with an elevator. It was built with the leftovers of the Great Hall of the People . The volume and its magnificent, dignified, 25,000-square-meter "Z" -shaped building in the alley community northwest of Baita Temple is difficult to see the whole picture.
- Old-time bird's-eye view of Fusuijing Building
- The once famous "People's Commune Building" was also called "Communist Building". In the tumultuous "Great Leap Forward" era, public canteens are one of the most obvious features. Family eating together in large pots is the most popular and most advocated lifestyle.
The common people who lived in the People's Commune at that time had to undergo strict political scrutiny. Approximately 40 households can live on each floor. There are 358 households in this building.
- In 2004, the building was listed as a major safety hazard in the city, and the Xicheng District Government of Beijing began to invest in insurance and retire. According to the statistics of the Xinjiekou Housing Administration in 2013, more than 300 households have been relocated to just over 20 households.
- Fortunately, this building has been listed in the first batch of Beijing's modern and historical protected buildings. This is fortunate, because not only the buildings listed can not be demolished, and the facade cannot be changed.