Ghetto at the center of the world
by Gordon Mathews · first published 2011
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…construction. In any case, the closest thing today in Hong Kong to the Walled City is probably Chungking Mansions. Not quite as anarchic or run down, but it does have a family resemblance. I recommend the book Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong for more about the interesting global mix of people and economics that goes on there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungking_Mansions https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo11...
on “The Strange Saga of Kowloon Walled City” ↗long exposure I took right out in front the last time I was there: https://imgur.com/a/p2h6T if you want to go deep on it this was a great read (Ghetto at the Center of the World): https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo112348...
on “Kowloon Walled City: Heterotopia in a Space of Disappearance (2013)” ↗