Lots of traffic. Note the small tower to left of lamppost.
It's Tianning Si, a Li-dynasty skyscraper from the pre-Mongol days when this SW part of Beijing was the location of the old city of Ji/Zhongdu.
Lots of modern buildings
An old gatehouse; this ring road used to be the city wall
Big intersection
Xizhimen gate
Towers in NE suburb
The new China
Fast expressway