The Kowloon Walled City was a unique urban phenomenon that existed as a legal and architectural anomaly in Hong Kong until its demolition in 1994. The 1993 book City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City by Ian Lambot and Greg Girard serves as the definitive record of this "monstrous" yet vibrant community. This paper explores the sociological and structural significance of the Walled City as documented in the 1993 publication.
“We are not rats in a cage,” she said, wiping sweat from her brow. “We are stars in a drawer. When they tear this place down, they will open the drawer and be blinded.” city of darkness life in kowloon walled city 1993pdf link
She pointed upward. “The rooftop is where we go to remember the sky.” The Kowloon Walled City was a unique urban
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“Anywhere with a light switch,” she said. And then she cried, not for the light, but for the dark she’d learned to love.