Kowloon walled city

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In light of the release of a second, revised edition of City of Darkness -- the authoritative text on Kowloon Walled ...

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The City's dozens of alleyways were often only 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) wide, and had poor lighting and drainage.[18] An informal network of staircases and passageways also formed on upper levels, which was so extensive that one could travel north to south through the entire City without ever touching solid ground.[4] cyborganthropology.com/Kowloon_Walled_City

Up until the 1994, there existed, just north of Kowloon Bay, a bizarre city in Hong Kong named Kowloon Walled City. Over time the veritable lawless (and unclaimed by any government) Kowloon Walled City became a curious stack of cheaply constructed boxes through which ran a maze of dark alleys and exposed pipe and wiring and housed drug dealers and addicts, pimps and prostitutes, organized gangs, gambling dens, criminal headquarters, and private citizens all living together in a tangled mess…

Kowloon walled city

Greg Girard

Illustrations of Hong Kong old location Kowloon Walled City and interiors of roasted duck restourant.

Greg Girard on Instagram: “Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong, 1987, “Stories from the Kowloon Walled City” featured in The Economist. Books, arts and culture section,…”

Greg Girard on Instagram: "Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong, 1987. Over 300 interconnected high-rise buildings packed into a HK city block, built without permits or contributions from architects. While it stood it was the most densely populated place on earth. Demolished in 1992. www.greggirardpictures.com #cityofdarkness #cityofdarknessrevisited #kowloonwalledcity #kowloon #kowlooncity #urbandensity #hkarchitecture #hk #hkhistory #urbanfabric #cityscape #filmphotography #greggirard"

Hong Kong Building Cross Section

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Documenting everyday life in Kowloon Walled City

Description One of the Oldest buildings in Kowloon City. They are contemplating whether to tear this down to build a new high rise building. Again, Nikon D40 with 18-55mm Lense in RAW and then it went into Photoshop and then through Photomatix and Photoshop again.