By: armage
What's the name (and/or ISBN) of the book this pull-out is in anyway?九龍城探訪 魔窟で暮らす人々 -City of Darkness- [大型本] ISBN: 4872574230 Looks like it's been reprinted and is available on Amazon.co.jp for anyone...
View ArticleBy: PeterMcDermott
Wow, that German documentary is fantastic. Thanks! I was a bit disappointed, myself. It struck me as your archetypal Western anthropological-style documentary, ooh, let's go and gawk at the curious...
View ArticleBy: miyabo
The Walled City had a population density of 3.2 million people / square mile. If Central Park had that population density, it could house everyone in New York City. If Queens had that population...
View ArticleBy: flapjax at midnite
The narrator's writing is a bit lugubrious Which is so unusual for Germans...
View ArticleBy: intermod
The narrator's writing is a bit lugubrious, but on balance that is indeed a good documentary.
View ArticleBy: awfurby
In reality it shows what happens when there is no government intervention and a totally free market is allowed to operate without controls. I've heard people argue that Hong Kong is a prime libertarian...
View ArticleBy: CaseyB
I know it was demolished years ago, but I'm still stressed out by the two guys digging a hole though a load-bearing wall with pickaxes. Seriously, WTF guys? That's too weird to not have been based on...
View ArticleBy: Joakim Ziegler
I could take a whack at cleaning up that very large scan. What I'd really be interested in, though, would be for someone who knows Japanese (I think those labels are in Japanese, since the book is,...
View ArticleBy: brundlefly
lazenby: "I am the proximate cause of this post. Weeeird." Oh, wow. I didn't notice that. Nice find, lazenby!
View ArticleBy: delmoi
In reality it shows what happens when there is no government intervention and a totally free market is allowed to operate without controls. Which is that criminal gangs take on government services, and...
View ArticleBy: IAmBroom
I've heard people argue that Hong Kong is a prime libertarian example, when in reality it's based on massive government housing. Good point, Brian B. Most societies that "libertarians" like to point to...
View ArticleBy: Brian B.
In reality it shows what happens when there is no government intervention and a totally free market is allowed to operate without controls. I've heard people argue that Hong Kong is a prime libertarian...
View ArticleBy: smoothvirus
I'm surprised the place never burned down. I guess they had their own fire department?
View ArticleBy: armage
Unfortunately the Japanese photobook mentioned in the first link is long out of print. I own this book, having picked it up new off of Amazon, of all places. It really is neat, especially the...
View ArticleBy: public
The German documentary (first episode) makes some good points about the "miracle" of Hong Kong, which was often held up in contrast to China as an example of how capitalism is better. In reality it...
View ArticleBy: SouthCNorthNY
I found a much larger scan of the illustraion here. It's awesome. I just wish the JPEG artifacts weren't as noticeable. I tried to remove some in PS, then saved it as a 58MB TIFF file you can download...
View ArticleBy: brundlefly
However there is still this book, and it's pretty good too. Holy cow. I got all excited, then I saw the price. It sounds amazing, but I'll put that on my "some day" list.
View ArticleBy: Ghidorah
I've got the book awfurby mentions, and I can't recommend it highly enough. It's a beautiful book, and really one of my favorite things.
View ArticleBy: Ahab
I was just trying to work out where I'd seen something similar before (not dissing ya content OP, but it was ringing bells and banging on pipes). Turns out it was oobject. They've got quite a set of...
View ArticleBy: stbalbach
The German documentary (first episode) makes some good points about the "miracle" of Hong Kong, which was often held up in contrast to China as an example of how capitalism is better. In reality it...
View ArticleBy: p3on
Unfortunately the Japanese photobook mentioned in the first link is long out of print.
View ArticleBy: ~Sushma~
Loved this post, there is not enough information about this surreal world to satisfy my curiosities. @doublehappy-the scale of this creature was its fascination. The documentary is a wonderful catch!
View ArticleBy: jb
I, too, have been fascinated by the walled city since I first learned of it. I've just begun watching the documentary. Seeing the working and living conditions of the residents makes me not sorry that...
View ArticleBy: doublehappy
I never went there but I've always been fascinated by this place - it always seemed to be out of scale with the rest of the world, or maybe it had its own scale.
View ArticleKowloon Walled City
This is an illustrated cross-section of Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled CityA 1989 German documentary (with English subtitles) that goes inside of the now-demolished settlement: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part...
View Article
