 The area was quickly rebuilt and became more European.In 1902, legations had been rebuilt and expanded, Legation Street had been paved, and the Peking-Mukden Railway from Tianjin had been extended to the Chien (Zhengyang) gate, just across the Tartar Wall from the Legation Quarter.Foreign soldiers patrolled the streets of the Legation Quarter, and Chinese houses and property had been expropriated or purchased.