The famous Kowloon Walled City has been painstakingly recreated in Japan as a video arcade.
Full Story and Many More Photos: Randomwire: Kowloon Walled City Rebuilt in Japan
(via Tim Maughan)
See Also
The making of the Kowloon Walled City arcade
Kowloon Walled City Infographic
Now this is the sort of infographic I can get into:
Kowloon Walled City, located not far from the former Kai Tak Airport, was a remarkable high-rise squatter camp that by the 1980s had 50,000 residents. A historical accident of colonial Hong Kong, it existed in a lawless vacuum until it became an embarrassment for Britain. This month marks the 20th anniversary of its demolition.
From: South China Morning Post
(via Adam Greenfield)
Previously:
A German documentary on the Kowloon Walled City from 1989.
(via Theoretick)
For more on Kowloon, see Justin Bolland’s guest post on the subject.
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