I read an article about Kowloon's Great Walled City. A block of slum warehouses piled on top of each other that's so tall and tight - it's dark all the time. There's wire fence over the walkways covered in trash is thrown out the front doors of the various businesses above
Here is a more natural version of the top image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Mike Cussans (or his father). Although the exact year this was taken wasn't provided there, this article in The Gardian (which has many more before/after images) confirms that it was in 1964.
Here is a much higher quality version of the bottom image. Credit to the photographer, Alex Hofford, who took this in 2016.
Plantchic on December 16th, 2024 at 19:23 UTC »
I read an article about Kowloon's Great Walled City. A block of slum warehouses piled on top of each other that's so tall and tight - it's dark all the time. There's wire fence over the walkways covered in trash is thrown out the front doors of the various businesses above
BrotherRoga on December 16th, 2024 at 20:16 UTC »
You know what?
I get the design of the virtual world of Kowloon in Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth now.
Spartan2470 on December 16th, 2024 at 21:31 UTC »
Here is a more natural version of the top image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Mike Cussans (or his father). Although the exact year this was taken wasn't provided there, this article in The Gardian (which has many more before/after images) confirms that it was in 1964.
Here is a much higher quality version of the bottom image. Credit to the photographer, Alex Hofford, who took this in 2016.