Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was a tiny Chinese enclave in Hong Kong.
It was a military fort for hundreds of years, but later became a very dense settlement. In 1980, the city had about 35,000 people on about 20,000 m² of land,[1] making it one of the most densely populated places on earth. It was torn down in 1993, and a park called Kowloon Walled City Park was built in 1994.
The area where Kowloon Walled City was located is now called Kowloon City. It is part of the Kowloon City District of Kowloon, Hong Kong. At the end of the whole destruction process of the Kowloon Walled City, 51% of people had to go to temporary housing just outside the walled city.[2] When they destroyed the walled city it was hard to destroy all the walled city's machinery.[3] The walled city was known for its brothels, dentists, and opium houses.[4]
Kowloon Walled City Media
Kowloon Walled City - 1989 Aerial
Lung Tsun Stone Bridge and Lung Tsun Pavilion (Pavilion for Greeting Officials) of Kowloon Walled City in 1898
1915 map of the Hong Kong region with Kowloon Walled City listed as "Chinese Town" at the upper right-hand corner
An aerial view of Kowloon Walled City and the neighbouring Sai Tau Tsuen village in 1972
The south side of Kowloon Walled City in 1975. The elevation of the buildings begins to reach its maximum height.
One of the outer edges in 1991
An alley in the city, 1993.
Aerial view of Kowloon Walled City Park
The remnants of the city's South Gate and its entrance plaques
The front of the restored yamen building with one of the original cannons
References
- ↑ "Kowloon Walled City". Newsline. Columbia University School of Architecture. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
- ↑ Graphics, WSJ.com News. "Kowloon Walled City" (in en). The Wall Street Journal. http://projects.wsj.com/kwc/#chapter=history. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
- ↑ "Kowloon Walled City: In Hong Kong, it was the densest place on Earth" (in en). CNN Travel. 2014-03-31. http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/kowloon-walled-city/index.html. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
- ↑ "Kowloon Walled City: A rare insight into one of the most densely populated places on earth which housed 50,000 people". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139914/A-rare-insight-Kowloon-Walled-City.html. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
Other websites
- Tofu Magazine article on Kowloon Walled City Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Video exploring Kowloon Walled City
- Photos of Kowloon Walled City Park
Coordinates: 22°19′56.21″N 114°11′19.18″E / 22.3322806°N 114.1886611°E
