Fascinating every time I read about it. Found a nice infographic: http://2oqz471sa19h3vbwa53m33yj.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c...
Even better one IMO that yours reminded me of:
It's from this book:
Kowloon Walled City
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#22Fascinating every time I read about it. Found a nice infographic: http://2oqz471sa19h3vbwa53m33yj.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c...
And this seems to be the source of the infographic you found (the artist is Adolfo Arranz):
http://lasombra.blogs.com/la_sombra_del_asno/2013/03/kwc.htm...
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#23Can someone please explain the psychology behind liking this kinda stuff? I've probably watched that Austrian Kowloon documentary a handful of times.
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#24While not explicitly mentioned (at least from cursory searches), the manga "Koroshiya Ichi" is based on a dense complex very much inspired by Kowloon where it's basically a lawless city where criminals, triads, prostitutes lived amongst the downtrodden and regular people who are just trying to carry on with their lives.
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#25Also known as the city of darkness: http://cityofdarkness.co.uk/ William Gibson visited the city and described it in his 1997 work, Idoru: "There was a place near an airport, Kowloon, when Hong Kong wasn't China, but there had been a mistake, a long time ago, and that place, very small, many people, it still belonged to China. So there was no law there. An outlaw place. And more and more people crowded in; they built…
I was lucky enough to get my hands on the first edition of City Of Darkness before it became pricey, I heartily recommend that book.
The "no laws and/or regulations in KWC" is a bit of a myth though, HK police began patrolling the place in the early 70s, plus despite its legal status it benefited from HK's infrastructure, such as postal services or the electric grid. It was lawless mostly in its number of unlicensed dentists.
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#26For those fascinated with Kowloon there is an arcade, the Kawasaky Warehouse in Japan [1], whose interiors are inspired to the Walled City. It's on my personal list of places to visit for a future travel to Japan. From the pictures/videos it looks quite cool and it seems to give a rough idea of what Kowloon looked like.
[1] https://en.japantravel.com/kanagawa/kawasaki-warehouse/6714
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#27Fascinating every time I read about it. Found a nice infographic: http://2oqz471sa19h3vbwa53m33yj.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c...
Thanks for sharing this infographic. Today is the first time I've ever heard about Kowloon Walled City. I was immediately intrigued, because it looks like something out of science fiction. It reminds me of just how breathtakingly diverse the human experience can be.
Its the other way around, science fiction drew inspiration from Kowloon. For example Ghost in the Shell is set in a straight copy of mid nineties Hong Kong.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/5827538/gorgeous-shots-of-the-real-l...
Some scenes can even be traced shot for shot with real locations, including unreal Kai Yak airport landing approach over kowloon https://vimeo.com/33731256