Detailed Cross-section of the Kowloon Walled City

Some great pictures of the place before its demolition can be found on this article:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139914/A-rare-insig...

What an interesting place it used to be. Basically a 1898 agreement between Britain and China created a legal limbo for a military base. Over time the military base became a refuge for squatters. After Japan's surrender in WWII the area grew into a dystopian-like lawless city that was ruled by criminal gangs until police raids from 1970's to 1980's cleaned it up. From 1987 to 1992 everyone was evicted and in 1993 it was demolished.

Bunch of photos from the late 80s: http://www.mascontext.com/issues/19-trace-fall-13/kowloon-wa...

If anyone is interested in working on a "walled city" mod to the game "Banished" http://www.shiningrocksoftware.com/2014-08-26-mod-kit-beta/ please contact me.

If you were ever looking for a coffee table book that may ensnare a guest's attention if they choose to pick it up and 'glance' through it, City of Darkness is one of the best. Unfortunately, it is now a collector's item now (hundreds of dollars)

http://www.amazon.com/City-Darkness-Life-Kowloon-Walled/dp/1...

Note: There is a 2nd edition coming out soon (via Kickstarter)

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The site is now a park, and there are some sculptures of the old city, and a version of the art linked at Spoon/Tamago.

See my pics! http://imgur.com/a/NO9xB

Also see this thread about the KWC from several months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7647607

Awesome documentary on Kowloon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lby9P3ms11w

regular posting of something KWC related. This one a blog post rehashing content from 2010. Everyone loves it/fascinated by it

http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2014/10/28/detailed-cross-sectio... seems to be the actual source, citylab seems just to be an aggregator.