City of Darkness. Life in Kowloon Walled City.

By Greg Girard & Ian Lambot, Watermark, Chiddingfold, 1993. First Edition. 216 pages. 28,4 x 27,7 cm. Condition : Very Good.

300€

For nearly 50 years, the extraordinary community of Kowloon Walled City cut a dark presence in the heart of Hong Kong. Yet without legislation and with little regard for basic services, planning regulations or building standards, the City not only survived, it positively thrived. Greg Girard delivers here a truly mind-blowing photographic report on one of the most populous urban areas in the world (1.9 million inhabitants per square meter in 1987.). A poor universe in the opulence of one of the richest cities in Asia.This district no longer exists today. It was evacuated in 1991 and destroyed in 1992.