Borrowed Spaces

Download or read book Borrowed Spaces written by Christopher DeWolf and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes Borrowed Spaces, a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that are casualties in the struggle to reclaim public spaces. Christopher DeWolf explores the history of Hong Kong’s urban growth through the daily tug of war between the people’s needs to express themselves and government regulations.