Hong Kong inspiration: Rooftop Shantytowns |
Hong Kong inspiration: Rooftop Shantytowns |
May 31 2010, 04:36 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
A great little article on Hong Kong's rooftop shantytowns, a good inspiration for runners in Hong Kong.
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May 31 2010, 05:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 16-March 05 From: 51° 16' North 7° 11' East Member No.: 7,168 |
Maybe I should go to Hamburg next week after all and have a look at this exhibition.
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May 31 2010, 08:09 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
hmm, doctorows makers to the nth degree.
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Jun 1 2010, 03:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 150 Joined: 30-May 09 Member No.: 17,222 |
That looks kinda neat. Might have to convince someone to let me run in a Hong Kong like that.
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Jun 1 2010, 10:36 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
is runner havens oop?
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Jun 1 2010, 01:05 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
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Jun 6 2010, 03:36 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
More Hong Kong inspiration. Scroll down about halfway for some great information on the Kowloon Walled City, including some videos on Youtube.
Plus, it has some bonus inspiration for other places! |
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Jun 8 2010, 05:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
More Hong Kong inspiration. Scroll down about halfway for some great information on the Kowloon Walled City, including some videos on Youtube. Plus, it has some bonus inspiration for other places! After you posted that link I spent 20 hours straight researching Kowloon Walled City. I blame you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) However, during my searches I found a great deal of stuff about KWC that I didn't know. I'm not gonna post the info here, but, I am gonna post links to some of the better resources. The KWC maps I found. Loaded into my photobucket here. A site made by some japanese folks who explored KWC after it was evacuated, their grammer and spelling sucks, but they have some good stuff if you can suffer through it. Found here. A SkyscraperPage.com forum thread on KWC that was started in 2004 and is still going. This has links, pics (though the ones at the beginning are all gone), and embeded videos galore! I read the whole thing, explored every link, and found a lot of good stuff. It's here. Plus, there is a four-part documentary on Utube, but it's in German. Not a problem for some of you, I know, but it's still a good watch, even if you can't understand it. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Have fun, and try not to go crazy sifting through this stuff. Believe me when I tell you, If you go through all of this in one sitting, a SAN roll may be necessary. |
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Jun 8 2010, 12:34 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
After you posted that link I spent 20 hours straight researching Kowloon Walled City. I blame you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Haha, I fully accept the blame. I spent at least that long researching the Walled City back when I was writing the Hong Kong material. Also, awesome collection of links there. |
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Jun 8 2010, 11:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
I didn't realise you were the one who wrote the HK stuff. If you have any links to add to what I posted above I'd absolutely like to see them.
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Jun 9 2010, 12:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
Also, I found a map to Hashima (Battleship) Island that shows the buildings and their uses, and will be adding it to my KWC album on photobucket shortly.
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Jun 9 2010, 01:17 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
I've rebuilt my computer a few times since I wrote that piece; I'd have to go into my backups to find my collection of links. I'll have to see about doing that.
But I also spent a lot of time reading books about Hong Kong. I think during the process of writing that section of Runner Havens, I checked out about twenty-odd library books on Hong Kong, Triads, Chinese numerology, feng shui, etc. I know I managed to find one book that had a substantial section of the Kowloon Walled City, but I'll be damned if I can remember the title. |
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Jun 9 2010, 05:53 AM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
The book I've heard the most about is City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City by Girard and Lambot. I've heard it's hard to find though.
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