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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:47 [#02331746]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:48 [#02331747]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:48 [#02331748]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:49 [#02331749]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:50 [#02331751]
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'Kawloon walled city' is a district in Kaloon, Hongkong , people once lived there; in a densely structured urban environment , a labyrinth of narrow corridors and dark winding passage ways.. a poor slum city inhabiting over 50,000 people all stacked up in high-rise flat blocks living in close proximity, it was the most densely populated city on earth.
the government abandoned the city, so there was no services inclueding law and order, fire rescue etc
Through government funding most people were given new homes, but some people stayed in there in a life of anarchy until 1993 allot of the buildings were destroyed , the government officially closed off the city and it was forbidden to live there.
now it's a lifeless ghost city! a maze of rotting urban decay!
I was thinking how cool it would be to explore this lost city, do some filming and take photographs.. you would need protective gear, there is bound to be dangerous toxic materials. and structurally it is not safe but that's all part of the fun...
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 11:54 [#02331752]
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atwood
from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 12:14 [#02331759]
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Nice pictures larn.I got interested in kowloon a few years ago.I had a really vivid dream about being stuck in this place,and long story short,when I first saw your third picture above,I was like,thats it!Thats the place I dreamed of!
Another great,atmospheric place that would inspire me to create something moody is Hashima(Battleship Island).
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2009-09-30 12:18 [#02331762]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 12:20 [#02331765]
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thanks for that link!! i didn't know about Hashima, very interesting! i have been reading about abandoned cities over the past few days and just had this idea to explore them and document it
I thought that they just demolished these places, but there are allot of places still standing which are just empty, so cool!!
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 12:23 [#02331768]
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Ah i see you correct me it's spelt 'Kowloon'
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atwood
from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 12:28 [#02331775]
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From what Im led to understand the negative environmental impact from razing these places to the ground would be too massive and far reaching.Easier on the world(and probably cheaper)to allow nature to reclaim it.They make fascinating subjects though,I always allow myself to fantasise about secret communities still living amongst the ruins.
Another place is obviously Pripyat,in the Ukraine.
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-09-30 12:29 [#02331776]
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i would live there
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-09-30 12:29 [#02331777]
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it would be dope
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Steinvordhosbn
from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 12:54 [#02331779]
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I would make a sequel to Blade Runner there with a Cygnus soundtrack and it would be all bssh-ckckckc-CAKA-CUNG and shit.
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:01 [#02331784]
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If i had the money I would organize an expedition to explore these ghost cities and document our findings, with a creepy sound track
this would be a perfect location to make a zombie film or something scary
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atwood
from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:04 [#02331785]
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Holy crap on a cracker! bssh-ckckckc-CAKA-CUNG is some good onomatopoeia. I'm stealing it.
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Guybrush
from the white room on 2009-09-30 13:09 [#02331787]
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ftr, this place features in Shenmue II
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:12 [#02331788]
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more info:
The City was notorious for its excess of brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlours, food courts serving dog meat, and secret factories
cool!!
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:13 [#02331789]
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what a dark place, you could kill someone and get away with it
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atwood
from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:14 [#02331790]
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Much like Coventry.
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2009-09-30 13:14 [#02331791]
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no raiden? seen him lately?
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:15 [#02331792]
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yeah, it's been used in allot of films too
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2009-09-30 13:17 [#02331794]
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coolio
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:20 [#02331796]
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they found him in one of the secret factories in kowloon, got the clip here, warning! rare footage
Raiden
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Guybrush
from the white room on 2009-09-30 13:21 [#02331798]
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got any moar pics?
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:21 [#02331799]
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*_*
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yoyoyoyo
from Sweden on 2009-09-30 13:24 [#02331801]
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hes insane you dont wanna mess with him
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:31 [#02331804]
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:32 [#02331805]
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damn can't load that image, i don't really have any more photos, just a few ones of demolished buildings
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:37 [#02331807]
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there is a video on youtube a few years before it was abandoned and demolished
i forwarded the video half way through to a more interesting part
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atwood
from The Library (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:44 [#02331809]
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LAZY_TITLE Last one minute 40 secs are filmed on location.
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:54 [#02331813]
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ohhh that's creepy, i love it
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 13:58 [#02331815]
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if anyone finds more vids or pics post them here
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-09-30 14:03 [#02331818]
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lol the way they move the picture to edit out the shakyness is more distracting to me then if it was shaky
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-09-30 14:05 [#02331819]
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lol i got to the shaky part maybe its not!
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 14:12 [#02331827]
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i found more pics
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 14:12 [#02331829]
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from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 14:13 [#02331831]
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from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 14:13 [#02331832]
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from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 14:14 [#02331833]
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2009-09-30 22:03 [#02332150]
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very cool, I would like to explore this place even though doing so would require a hazmat suit (and an ak-47 to be safe).
This reminds me of my friend's adventure across the Hudson river in NYC to an abandoned mental hospital/asylum. He and his brother took a row boat across the river and described the place much like you did this, larn. Someone must have seen them and thought they were shipwrecked because the coastguard and police came down on them like hawks on their way back to the city. Apparently they were extremely understanding about the whole situation.
Anyway, ever since I learned of this I've always wanted to explore such a location, myself.
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hexane
on 2009-09-30 22:07 [#02332151]
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'Kowloon's dark other, a city within and also without a city - a scorned, renegade parasite metropolis with its own rules (or rather lack of them) existing as a society of its own on the very fringes of another. Without the attentions of architects and with utter disregard toward planning regulations, by the time of its demolition in the early 90s Hak Nam (its colloquial name meaning 'City of Darkness') had become almost one gigantic building that reached up to fifteen storeys high in places, a mass of homogenised ramshackle structures packed together so tightly that sunlight barely reached the lower levels and that could be (and sometimes was) traversed almost entirely via the rooftops.'
lovely stuff larn! i'm glad you shared this
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hexane
on 2009-09-30 22:11 [#02332152]
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Me too, wish they preserved this place for exploring! Such a shame they tore it down...
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2009-09-30 22:18 [#02332153]
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So it's been torn down? That's too bad. I thought they were just going to let nature reclaim it... That idea was just too awesome, apparently.
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hexane
on 2009-09-30 23:00 [#02332155]
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Way too awesome, brame the Chinese govern-bent (ohlol) for not being able to handle it! Sure, people would have documented this place well visually before it happened but that just doesn't seem to cut it..
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larn
from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-09-30 23:34 [#02332156]
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I thought it had been partly demolished, but perhaps it's all gone now :(( oh well
i don't know very much about it, my friend told me about this place and i was just thinking about how cool it would be to explore a whole abandoned city. there is a website that has them listed
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the one atwood posted looks interesting and so does the one in taiwan
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BernardMatthews
from United Kingdom on 2009-10-02 08:48 [#02332727]
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Bootiful!
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MetallicaDude
from the stazhole on 2009-10-02 09:10 [#02332733]
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what do you think you are a ghost
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pulseclock
from Downtown 81 on 2009-10-02 11:00 [#02332787]
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my korean ex gf thought i was a ghost, and thought my dog could see ghost
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SlayerFan
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bootiful bump!
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