Displace
"Displace" - the best word to describe the current state of humankind and this planet earth. Displace is both negative and positive.
Anything relates to art and design, environments, cities and societies, world of cultures, places and people.
Compiled by Desmond Ong
Anything relates to art and design, environments, cities and societies, world of cultures, places and people.
Compiled by Desmond Ong
This is no longer in Hong Kong. According to Wikipedia, the government tore it down in 1993 and built a park here in 1995. Some people say it’s a signature piece of architecture with a cultural and historical legacy. Some artistic representations appear as well.
九龍城寨在香港已消失，維基百科頁面指出，政府於1993年清拆，1995年改建為公園，有些人認為這是香港特色建築，具有文化及歷史意涵。後也出現相關藝術作品。
#urbanscenes: Hong Kong’s disappearing shophouses
“I mourn the fact that pre-war buildings that have survived many years of Hong Kong’s harsh climate, as well as street fighting and bombing raids during the war, end up being torn down on the whim of a developer.” - pdsmith
