A Hutong is a narrow street in Beijing that has small courtyard homes. Many of them are slums that are being cleared for newer construction. We were able to see a small alley of homes that are being kept up and actually some are being renovated. We took a rickshaw drive to a hutong area in the Ho Hi district. Below is a shutterfly about this excursion.

Rickshaw Ride Shutterfly

On the first leg of our flights home from Beijing I sat next to a young photographer that had just done a documentary on hutongs for PBS. Here is his link to a slide show he created.

Hutong Slide Show