On Saturday March 7, 2009 NLGX re-opened it’s doors after one week of renovation. With a custom-made retail system, we have made our flagship NLGX store more accomodating for independent designers and artists to display their products and to tell their stories. Our open-air rooftop terrace remains open to enjoy coffee, beer, and smoothies during the upcoming warm-weather months. Thank you again for your support this past year and welcome to visit the new NLGX!
On Saturday March 7, 2009 NLGX re-opened it’s doors after one week of renovation. With a custom-made retail system, we have made our flagship NLGX store more accomodating for independent designers and artists to display their products and to tell their stories. Our open-air rooftop terrace remains open to enjoy coffee, beer, and smoothies during the upcoming warm-weather months. Thank you again for your support this past year and welcome to visit the new NLGX!
NLGX was recently featured at the Beijing community website WeLiveinBeijing.com. To read the article in full, click here or visit http://weliveinbeijing.com//GroupNews/news2.rails?Nid=1000000237.
Over the last week at Nanluoguxiang, a team of diggers, brick movers, and electricians have been have been digging, moving brick, and laying down thick electric cables under the latest government project to beautify the hutong area. According to one of the workers, they will finish installing the cables within the week, which which will connect to the many grey electric generator stations installed earlier in the year. These cables and power generator systems will replace the tangled mess of electrical wires currently hanging above Nanluoguxiang via tall concrete poles. The sight of these tangled, suspended electrical wires are, unfortunately, a common sight around Beijing. No later than August 8, 2008, they will be “chai’d” from Nanluoguxiang!
We got off to an early start this Saturday morning and made out way to Xiang He (香河) in bordering Hebei Province. We were told that the make affordable and quality custom-made furniture in this “Furniture City” or 家具成. Driving on the expressway due east, we arrived in Xiang He in about one hour, and what we saw was literally an entire city devoted to home furnishings!
After half a day of walking around three different “neighborhoods”, we found our man and we visited his factory. We ordered our entire collection of furniture through him and it will all be completed and delivered in less than 2 weeks. You can ask us about the furniture quality and workmanship then, haha.
In the end, it was another great day and big step towards opening at NLGX. Once we got back into the city, we capped off our day with the purchase of a second-hand tricycle or “sanlunche “, which we will be using to transport NLGX goods through the hutongs. We’ll be painting it NLGX red with logos all over, so keep an eye out for one of us cycling around Nanluoguxiang!
