In search of "Old" Beijing

[count_zero]

Of course, there's hardly any of old Beijing left these days.

Just about enough for an article...

http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Around_Town/14648/The-best-of-Old-Beijing.html

I wonder what places the writer missed?

[pancake]

I know 胡同s are a bit of a Beijing cliché. Even so, the "wonderfully dilapidated" ones close to the west gate of the temple of heaven feel like a more authentic slice of old Beijing than the ones in, say, 东城区.

[greenarcher]

In my search for the "real" Beijing, I once took random buses around the city and got off if I felt like wandering around the place.

[count_zero]

There are some interesting-looking 1970s (I presume) buildings on the east side of the Temple of Heaven and a dusty old gate that must have once been an entrance to the park. I'll try the west side next time I go.