Inside the Kowloon Walled City

Locutus

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Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City.

Taken by Canadian photographer Greg Girard in collaboration with Ian Lamboth the pair spent five years familiarising themselves with the notorious Chinese city before it was demolished in 1992.

The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.

Read more: A rare insight into Kowloon Walled City | Mail Online



 

shadowshiv

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It reminds me of the stacks of crushed cars that one can find in a junkyard!8O
 

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8O A brief overview of our future given our immigration policies.

nice.

can't wait.

gotta love the food and fish processors. neat and clean. AA plus rating from Harper's food inspectors.
 

Machjo

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8O A brief overview of our future given our immigration policies.

nice.

can't wait.

gotta love the food and fish processors. neat and clean. AA plus rating from Harper's food inspectors.

For Canada to reach that same level of population density, we'd have to double our population every year for a number of decades, and even then we'd still not reach the same level of density!