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Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort , the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898.
The Kowloon Walled City Park is a park in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Kowloon Walled City had been a military stronghold since the 15th century due to its coastal location and was a slum. Under an agreement between the Government of Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China, the Kowloon Walled City was demolished in the 1990s. Some ...
This category contains Hong Kong-related images that have attained featured status. ... Kowloon Walled City - 1989 Aerial.jpg 1,942 × 1,466; 2.16 MB.
Original – Aerial photo of Kowloon Walled City, 1989 Reason Good lead image of Kowloon Walled City. This is a 1989 photo. The neighborhood was demolished in 1993. The photo quality isn't high (resolution and sharpness). Given the neighborhood is now gone, I think the EV of this image makes up for its quality. Articles in which this image appears
Photographed between 1986 and 1992, Girard's Kowloon Walled City photographs form the basis for the books City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City and City of Darkness Revisited, a record of the final years of the infamous Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong: a largely self-governing enclave of more than 35,000 people living in 300 ...
Unfolding in the cramped corridors of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City (it was one of the most dangerously dense urban areas on Earth before being demolished in 1993), Soi Cheang’s ’80s-set ...
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Here, we’ve highlighted 12 walled cities worth invading—er... visiting—to get a taste of that quintessential, timeless beauty of Spain's architectural heritage. Carmona, Andalusia