A rare look inside the Kowloon Walled City in 1990

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  @rover63 · 7 years ago

  It looks horrible, and amazing at the same time.

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• VE

  @ventusjimmy · 7 years ago

  “Self-taught dentists” yikes lol

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• DK

  @dkpqzm · 6 years ago

  It's amazing that this whole city was created without planning or building codes. It grew organically.

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• PA

  @paulrath7764 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Friends and I walked through this in 1992, after it had been condemned, and many people had moved out, but before tear-down had begun.  Some people, mostly old men, were still living there.  Definitely had a "Blade Runner" feel to it.

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• ME

  @mekongrivergiants · 6 years ago

  There's no other nightmare such as self taught dentist.

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• RE

  @regandehaven4705 · 6 years ago

  You know this would be a tourist hotspot if it was still around

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• AW

  @AWISECROW · 6 years ago (edited)

  Amazing.  It's like something out of a dystopian science-fiction novel.

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• WA

  @warrior0272 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I believe the most toughest person that time was <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>The postman

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• RA

  @raviiyer3761 · 6 years ago

  The fact that these &quot;tall&quot; buildings stood up ...its an engineering marvel..

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• KC

  @Kcelloo · 5 years ago

  I imagine getting lost and residents giving me directions in the form of riddles.

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• YP

  @yperman2025 · 8 years ago

  It was NOT a place the Royal Hong Kong Police feared to tread and it was policed. I know as I patrolled it in the 1970s.

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• MO

  @montaguable · 7 years ago (edited)

  What surprises me is that Kawloon was never razed to the ground by a fire. The building code and electrical issues alone seem like it was designed to go up in flames sooner than later. Then how would you even try to fight a fire under those circumstances.

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