The Walled City of Kowloon - Page 18

rapid_business · #**341** Posted **Apr 6, 2011, 7:59 PM**

Never knew there was an SSP page for the walled city...

I'll have to spend some time reading through this thread soon.

MolsonExport · #**342** Posted **Apr 8, 2011, 1:13 PM**

^this is the son of the original Walled City of Kowloon thread, which was removed during the great thread pruning of 2002 (to which TalB demanded cash compensation, and/or season tickets to the WNBA)

MolsonExport · #**343** Posted **Apr 8, 2011, 1:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by Reesonov

Thanks SAM and Molson. Fascinating photos. Although the size of the human community living in the walled city is no doubt astounding, I can't help but speculate that the size of the cockroach community, were it known, would be even more astounding.

I read somewhere that there were an estimated 10 rats for every human inhabitant, and when the walled city came down, this prompted a massive vermin infestation of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Pavlov · #**344** Posted **Apr 8, 2011, 2:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

I read somewhere that there were an estimated 10 rats for every human inhabitant, and when the walled city came down, this prompted a massive vermin infestation of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Just like that episode of the Simpsons. Judging from my experiences in various Chungking Mansion guesthouses where I was outnumbered by cockroaches by at least 100 to 1, I would put the cockroach:human ratio at 1000:1 for the walled city.

MolsonExport · #**345** Posted **May 12, 2011, 8:17 PM**

^I envy you for having the experience, although not quite enough to stay there (Chunking Mansions) when I visit HK next year.

pioli12 · #**346** Posted **May 17, 2011, 5:11 PM**

Were there really giant bird cages hanging from the balconies giving the residences more space in their room? Or is that just a myth.

MolsonExport · #**347** Posted **May 17, 2011, 5:45 PM**

^I have the book "City of Darkness", and it is most certainly true.

Swede · #**348** Posted **May 17, 2011, 7:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Trantor

and thats with the low (relatively) buildings in KWC. Coruscant is suppose to be in average one kilometer tall at least... so I guess we could multiply those 76 trillion by 10x at least.

since you are into that, calculate the total population of the RingWorld from Larry Niven´s books, with that density.

Wiki holds that the Ringworld (awesome concept & awesome books btw) has 3 million times the surface area of Earth. So... that's 76 000 000 000 000 * 10 * 3 000 000. Oh, and the Earth number is for just the land area, so divide that result by 0.292. Which gives us a Ringworld Ecumenopolis population of...
7 808 219 178 082 191 780 822. Call it 7.8 sextillion people. Which means 7.8 septillion cockroaches

MolsonExport · #**349** Posted **Jul 2, 2011, 3:08 AM**

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KevinFromTexas · #**350** Posted **Jul 2, 2011, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

^I have the book "City of Darkness", and it is most certainly true.

Are there any photos of this craziness? I'd love to see that.

MolsonExport · #**351** Posted **Jul 4, 2011, 3:40 PM**

^the book is full of great photos. A few maps as well. Most of it consists of a series of vignettes on various businesses/residents/social clubs/etc. within the walled city. Plenty of interviews. By far, the best reference on KWC.

etiennec · #**352** Posted **Jul 6, 2011, 3:06 PM**

http://www.greggirard.com/kowloonwalledcity/work.kowloonwalledcity.html

MolsonExport · #**353** Posted **Jul 6, 2011, 4:33 PM**

^thanks for the great link! Great photos. Some of which appear in "City of Darkness"

In case you wondered where toilet plungers were made:

greggirard

MolsonExport · #**354** Posted **Aug 22, 2011, 12:26 PM**

New link and photos on KWC: http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2011/01/08/whats-left-of-the-kowloon-walled-city/

Cross Section (!!):

Video (in Japanese):

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Photocredits: Urbanphoto, Posted in Architecture, Asia Pacific, Heritage and Preservation, History, Interior Space, Society and Culture by Christopher DeWolf

MolsonExport · #**355** Posted **Sep 27, 2011, 5:21 PM**

Shibab, Yemen:

ministryoftype

Pavlov · #**356** Posted **Sep 28, 2011, 7:06 PM**

^ Absolutely amazing.

I've been half-assedly planning trips to Yemen for years now. Its too bad that the political situation seems to be unravelling again. I won't be risking a visit anytime in the near future anyway.

MolsonExport · #**357** Posted **Oct 26, 2011, 5:06 PM**

I'd love to see some ground-level pictures from inside Shibab.

It is on my list of places to see before I die.

Tom In Chicago · #**358** Posted **Oct 26, 2011, 5:55 PM**

+1. . . there's actually quite a few places in Yemen that I'd like to visit. . . it's on my bucket list. . .

. . .

NYC4Life · #**359** Posted **Oct 27, 2011, 2:54 PM**

Those densely packed structures seem to be common place in the capital Sana'a.

From Wikipedia:

MolsonExport · #**360** Posted **Dec 19, 2011, 2:05 PM**

^really spectacular. And for once, not a McDick's or Fourbucks in sight. On the other hand, probably more dangerous than Mos Eisley.