Sharing with you the sights on my walk from Tiananmen Square to Downtown Beijing. Since Beijing city is planned like a chess board, I decided to use an alternate route to return to my hotel in downtown Beijing from Tiananmen Square. It gave me the opportunity to see more things.< p>

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You can see the biggest & most stately looking buildings near Tiananmen Square.

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As much as there are already large new buildings near Tiananmen Square, more are sprouting up like mushrooms after the rain as you can see behind me in the photo.

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The sidewalks & roads near Tiananmen Square are the biggest that I have seen. It is probably made to accommodate the large crowds & Army parades that China holds on occasions.

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Some large commercial buildings in the Tiananmen Square area have huge fountains near the entrance.

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Another example of 'largeness' in the Tiananmen Square area. A road at the sidewalk coming from 'heck knows where'. lol :-)

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Seeing a different scenery by using an alternate route back to downtown Beijing.

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Rewarded with seeing traditional Chinese architecture. Column, beam, & roof detail of a building being refurbished.

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Looks a bit Japanese to me.

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The 'hit by wrecking ball facade' style building. You don't see this very often anywhere in the world. *chuckle* :-)

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Red carpet being laid out in entrance. Some very important people (VIPs) must be coming to check out the 'hit by wrecking ball facade' style building.