I was in Hong Kong in 1986 and 1992 and though I personally never walked
through the Walled City, it stood out among the rest of Hong Kong and
seemed to call to you, but if I remember right this place was off limits
to US Military personal.
As this article points out most of society don't realize what they have until they tear it down, and in a place like Hong Kong land is at a premium so I don't think anything would have saved the walled city itself, but if they would thought about it at the time parts of the city could have been saved as a museum. Its just lucky for the rest of us there are people like Mr. Girard and Mr. Tan who recognize the significance of places like this and use their cameras to record pieces of history such as the Walled City
Life inside the densest place on earth: Photos of Kowloon Walled City - CNN.com
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