Rising city & memories of the past

CHINA | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [245] | View Smaller Image

A worker and kids on a demolition site with the future to come on the horizon. Right in the heart of the cities in China you can find these huge demolition sites. Playground for some, opportunities or regrets for others. Probably none of the people on this photo will ever be able to afford to live on what is going to be built here. (Analog photo)

It is common in China for people not to want to leave their soon to be demolished house. This old lady is still living in it. The Chinese character for Demolition is painted on the walls. The urban growth is so high that old must make space for the new despite the protests. Such protests are ignored on behalf that the benefits of the mass are more important than the individual.
(Analog photo)

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A worker walks through the ruins of a once thriving community. He is actually living in one of the houses at the back. Indeed these houses are still up in order to be used as

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