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studiox-nyc:

Click to zoom in on this gorgeous visualization of Kowloon’s Walled City, demolished twenty years ago this month. The illustration is from an article from the South China Morning Post, which includes a short history of the place and more stories from people who used to live there:

It was once thought to be the most densely populated place on earth, with 35,000 people crammed into a few tiny apartment blocks and more than 300 interconnected high-rise buildings, all constructed without contributions from a single architect.

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shadesandshadows:

 The Silent Highwayman. Death rows on the Thames, claiming the lives of victims who have not paid to have the river cleaned during the Great Stink July 10, 1858.

  The Thames that ran through London had become so polluted with trash and human waste that there were fires on the noxious river. Those who could afford to abandon the city during the hot months did just that.

 This cartoon was published in Punch magazine, Vol. 35, Page 137, 1858, London, England. 

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fleurdulys:

Imaginary View of the Gallery of the Louvre as a Ruin - Hubert Robert

1796

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Anka Pospiech. Black City, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 x 4 cm.

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snowce:

Anders Zorn, Omnibus, 1892

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kinokinos:

acidadebranca:

Black & White Illustrations

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utopiarchive:

acidadebranca:

drawingarchitecture:

La città analoga by Aldo Rossi 

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archiveofaffinities:

Vitruvius, Design of a City, Illustrated by Cesare Cesariano, 1521 

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cocoroachchanel:

the lure of the city, hugh ferriss, 1925

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windypoplarsroom:

Christen Brun

“A Basket Of Ribbons”

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