Artists and antiques dealers fill the Liulichang market; the nearby lanes outside the destroyed city wall's front gate form the oldest and busiest pedestrian shopping corridor here.

艺术家和古董商汇聚在琉璃厂，这些位于坍圮的老城墙前门附近的小巷子是最古老、最繁华的步行购物街。

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It burned for a day. The fire destroyed the center of the city.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

In the Ancient Near East, destroyed cities tended to be leveled, and then a new city would just be built on top of the ruins, Tell Dor each one of those is called a tell These are mounds which represent the successive layers of destroyed and rebuilt cities.

在古代近东地区，被摧毁的城市一般较平坦，那么新城就可以建于废墟之上，这些土丘被称作“退尔“你们也许听过,这些就是小土丘,它们代表着一层层被摧毁又重建的城市。

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The floodwaters damaged or destroyed many other businesses and homes in the city.

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And a key factor is the hurricane that almost destroyed the City.

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He said the work looked at the theme of the child in the city in a positive light, unlike the Victorian, negative view of children somehow being destroyed by the city.

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Homes and businesses throughout the city were destroyed, officials said, bringing back memories of a 1947 twister that wiped out city blocks in Woodward and killed more than 100.

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