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Kowloon Walled City
A blog dedicated to collecting information and media about the enclave, which was fully demolished in 1994.
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Kowloon Walled City, day and dusk. Shot by Heather Coulson and Greg Girard.
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"Kowloon Walled City—Caged Balconies," 1990, photo by Ian Lambot.
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Though actually, cute thing: there are "standard" photos of the Kowloon Walled City that are always passed around, and they tend to be the most modern ones due to quality & availability reasons:
But these are from a unique period in its history, namely the end of its history - right before it was demolished. However, it wasn't the only thing to go; its removal was part of a much wider project to level and redevelop the entire area of the Kowloon City District. It just happened to be the last part to go due to its size and legal complexity. That "island of concrete in a desert" look is essentially a fiction:
It was really the heart of a dense urban ecology of low-income development that had emerged over 30+ years in the postwar era.
And you can see how integrated it was with its surroundings, the "walls" were after all purely a legal concept:
The common photos imo are also popular because they heighten the dystopian aspects of the city, making it appear like a tumor infecting the area. Once you see it in its proper context its place as an organic part of the city is much more clear.
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Video taken by Rob Frost in 1990 in Kowloon Walled City.
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Kowloon Walled City, taken by Greg Girard
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Kowloon Walled City in 1991, taken by Roger Price
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Aerial views of the Kowloon Walled City and the neighboring Sai Tau Tsuen village in 1972, 1973 and 1975. From City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City
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Grocery-store owner Chan Pak and his beloved cats in his tiny shop on Lung Chun Back Road
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Hong Kong Connection, formerly The Common Sense, is a long-running news documentary television program produced by Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK. Exhibited in December 1975, the episode depicts the everyday lives of the residents.
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South China Morning Post graphic by Adolfo Arranz
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Kowloon Walled City: And the Walls Came Tumbling Down was produced in 1984 by the Hong Kong Salvation Army to raise sponsorship for their educational activities in the infamous Kowloon Walled City.
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City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City, first published in 1993, explores the intricate social dynamics, architectural wonders, and day-to-day life of the residents within this extraordinary place, from its origins to its eventual demolition. The revisited edition, published in 2014, also discusses how perceptions of the City have changed dramatically in the 20 years since its dismantling.
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Slide thought to have been used by Paul Rudolph for lectures, taken between 1960 and 1980.
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