This is a real gem! I came across it after a reader posted a link to a forum of various Kowloon Walled City photos and stories. This cross-section illustration shows just how crowded, cramped, and complicated the old Kowloon Walled City was.
Unfortunately, this scan from a [Japanese?] magazine isn’t any larger. Believe me, if it was, I would so post this cross-section in full resolution. I tried to find the original magazine/scan, but I had no luck.
If anybody has ANY information from where this scan came from, please let me know in the comments!
I don’t have much more information to add, but I think that cross-section is from a Japanese team that went through the walled city right before it was demolished. They wrote a book about their experiences that’s long out of print. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the title and Google doesn’t seem to wanna help me. Maybe the magazine article was an excerpt from the book?
You can read about their trip here: http://web.archive.org/web/20020208225753/www.flex.co.jp/kowloon/story/index_e.html
Ok, I’ve found the book that the cross-section is from! It’s this book:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4000080709?tag=hongkong7asne-22&camp=243&creative=1615&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=4000080709&adid=11CH6VBXMNYB3CR0DYW5&
And it’s still in print! According to my wife’s translation, this book contains cross-section illustrations of the Walled City.
hey dude.
i found your book because a co-worker of mine was talking about getting it in japan and he did and i saw the cross sections and i thought of you. It wasn’t a magazine. It’s an actual book. Just like the guy above said. But cheers to finding it 6 months later. ciao!
The is the Japanese book with the cross section
The ISBN of the book is 9784000080705
http://www.yoihon.com/sc/product-125625-27.html
I hope it helps. You can still get it via the internet.
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Hi, a higher resolution can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/booce/490511182/ however this is only 1/3 of the full drawing… could anyone please scan in the full thing from the books listed above?
http://zuloark.es/escenariodetrabajovirtual/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kowloon-Cross-section_seccion-Hong-Kong-ciudad-amurallada.jpg
- highest resolution I could find.