Kowloon

[gatewood]

Now, for a bit of social and urban engineering trivia, here's Kowloon, the walled city of Hong Kong:

https://www.businessinsider.com/kowloon-walled-city-photos-2015-2?r=MX&IR=T

 

Edited June 9, 2021 by gatewood

[iNow]

It’s amazing, indeed. I stayed there briefly about a decade ago. 

What about the engineering did you wish to discuss, though?

[Endy0816]

1 hour ago, iNow said:

It’s amazing, indeed. I stayed there briefly about a decade ago.

How did that happen?

 

They did a mini recreation of Kowloon in Second Life, pretty cool looking.

Setting of pretty popular SCP too,

'The Architect'

http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-184

[iNow]

2 minutes ago, Endy0816 said:

How did that happen?

Assignment for work in APJ a few months and good friends 

[Endy0816]

1 hour ago, iNow said:

Assignment for work in APJ a few months and good friends 

Very fortunate.

[CharonY]

The WSJ also had an interactive website where you could explore parts of the old Kowloon Walled City. I am not sure how much of it still worked. I always wondered how interesting that must be for street photography.

[iNow]

14 hours ago, Endy0816 said:

Very fortunate.

Agree completely. It’s the only city I ever got completely lost walking around in. 😂 

[CharonY]

Found the link https://www.wsj.com/graphics/kwc/

It seems that some of the embedded items are defunct, unfortunately.