Inside the Kowloon Walled City before it got demolished in 1994
Once thought to be the most densely populated place on Earth, with 50,000 people crammed into only a few blocks, these fascinating pictures give a rare insight into the lives of those who lived Kowloon Walled City. The city was a phenomenon with 33,000 families and businesses living in more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.
-
-
-
Read more about Kowloon Walled City on Wikipedia.
Join the Discussion
Looks like a perfect breeding ground for disease.
and crime... must have been a nightmare to manage.
I'm surprised at how stable this thing was considering there was no architects ever involved.