Big book splurge on the weekend. This deluxe slipcased hardcover book is about Kowloon Walled City, a place l’ve been fascinated by for years-along with many others! It was for decades a largely self-governed and self-regulated Chinese enclave in British Hong Kong and for a long time was the most densely populated place on earth with roughly 35,000 people in an area of 6.4 acres. What this book offers aside from many beautiful images showing exterior and interior shots plus maps and diagrams are stories about many people who lived and worked in the walled city.

It was demolished between 1993-94.