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Wikipedia: 798 Art Zone, or Dashanzi Art District, is a part of Dashanzi in the Chaoyang District of Beijing that houses a thriving artist community, among 50-year old decommissioned military factory buildings of unique architectural style. It is often compared with New York's Greenwich Village or SoHo, but faces impending destruction from the forces driving Beijing's urban sprawl. The area is often called the 798 Art District or Factory 798 although technically, Factory #798 is only one of several structures within a complex formerly known as Joint Factory 718.
![[Patrons stroll the 798 Art Zone cafe area, April 2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/798ArtZone2009_s.jpg "Patrons stroll the 798 Art Zone cafe area, April 2009")
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![[798 Space gallery, Jan,2009]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/798_E5_B7_A5_E5_8E_82_E5_B1_95_E5_8E_85_s.jpg "798 Space gallery, Jan,2009")
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![[The 798 Art Zone]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/798_E5_88_9B_E6_84_8F_E5_B9_BF_E5_9C_BA_s.jpg "The 798 Art Zone")
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