Review of the Protective Renovation of Yantai Street Historical Block in Dalian

Abstract

As witnesses to a city's past and the development of different eras, historical districts are not only preserved as representations of urban history, but more importantly, they need to be reintegrated into contemporary urban life. This article takes Yantai Street Historical District—the earliest residential area in Dalian—as an example. It first briefly reviews its development history, then describes the protective renovation planning and implementation process for Yantai Street Historical District and its historic buildings, exploring the feasibility of transforming a declining residential district into a new urban area with commercial, cultural, and recreational functions through functional conversion. Finally, it summarizes the issues and prospects of this renovation project. Especially today, as China enters an era of urban stock renewal, the functional transformation and reuse of historical districts have become important topics, and the Yantai Street project can serve as a model for achieving the sustainable development of modern historical districts in Dalian.