# kowloon walled city

Heavy Experimental Band Celebrates New Album on Both Sides of the Bay » Oakland-based heavy-music iconoclasts Kowloon Walled City celebrate the recent release of their latest album 'Piecework' with two shows Saturday afternoon and evening on both sides of San Francisco Bay. Cbsnews.com

r/Damnthatsinteresting on Reddit: An infographic showing how Kowloon walled city operated » Posted by u/ungnomeone - 121 votes and 10 comments Reddit.com

An Illustrated Cross Section of Hong Kong’s Infamous Kowloon Walled City — Colossal » The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was built gradually—building on top of building—over time. Without a single architect, the ungoverned and most densely populated district became a haven for drugs, crime and prostitution until it was demolished in 1993. Photo documentation of the site exists but for the most part much of the inner-workings of the city remained a mystery. Perhaps due to its proximity, Japan, in particular, developed a keen interest towards Kowloon. Its demolition in 1993 was broadcast on national television. More Thisiscolossal.com

The Photographer Who Immortalized Kowloon Walled City's Final Years — Influential Profiles » A Canadian-native, Greg Girard spent more than three decades across Asia documenting its cities’ rapid growth. Luck brought him to his biggest project. Influentialprofiles.com

City of Darkness: Surreal photographs of day-to-day life inside Kowloon Walled City - Architectural Review » This is one of the most read articles on the AR website. If you enjoy reading the AR online, why not consider subscribing to the print edition? First Architectural-review.com

From Garrisoned District to Chinese Town: Land and Boundaries at the Kowloon Walled City, 1898-1912 » The Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong became a named entity around 1810 and was demolished in 1994, but its architecture had long been unclassified. Not until the years just prior to its demolition did this dense slum of informal multi-story buildings receive sustained attention from architects and architectural historians. However, the architectural nature of the six-acre area predated its late-20th-century state. After its founding as a Qing military outpost, it underwent various structural additions and renovations, including an imperial Chinese administrative complex known as a yamen (衙門) and an outer wall, after which the Walled City was named. Against the grain of scholarship that has focused on the Walled City’s postwar, informal architecture, this article considers the site’s early years, arguing that the Walled City’s yamen and outer wall played a crucial role in the region’s land management practices. These two architectural structures make legible the Walled City’s evolu Journal.eahn.org

The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City » Anarchic, organic, surreal, this enclave was once among the most densely populated places on Earth. Atlasobscura.com

Factory Worker, name and place of work unknown » 09-01-2020 - Do you know anybody who appeared in the original edition of City of Darkness, or perhaps are one of those people? We would dearly love to hear from you and, if you are willing, share your story here on this website or in City of Darkness Revisited. Shown below are photographs of those we are most keen to speak to, but there are many others. Please contact ia*@***** if you can help. Pinterest.com

density by drone: andy yeung highlights claustrophobic living in hong kong » hong kong-based photographer andy yeung highlights the plight of claustrophobic living in hong kong from a new perspective – the air. Designboom.com