Before its demolition in 1994, the Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong was the most densely populated place on Earth. A sprawling, 6.9-acre enclave of interconnected high-rises, it was home to over 33,000 residents who lived in a lawless, self-governed microcosm of humanity.
At dusk, the roof of Building 20 was church, park, and laundry room all at once. From there, Kai Tak Airport’s runway stretched into the harbor like a concrete tongue. Planes roared past so low you could see the rivets on their bellies. city of darkness life in kowloon walled city 1993pdf link
A boy named Wing, age 12, drew a map of the alleyways on a napkin. He’d never seen a park or a supermarket. But he knew seventeen shortcuts to the noodle factory, the illegal clinic, the smuggler’s tunnel. Inside the City of Darkness: The Lost World
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