騎樓 & urban renewal

不一定是嶺南文化的專利，但是廣州、香港從前到處可見，可擋雨，防晒的建築特色現在買少見少了。更加可貴的，是這店前車水馬龍、客似雲來

"kei lau" are low-rises popular but not limited in Guangdong provinces where the covered walkway underneath shield passers-by from rain and sun while providing a customer-friendly store front on the ground floor. These buildings are rapidly disappearing due to gentrification and (over)developing, be it Canton(Guangzhou) or Hong Kong.



If It Works, Don't Fix It! Actually, if you are the Urban Renewl Authority (of Hong Kong), you should! However, the "fix" should ONLY be helping the existing landlords and tenents, rather than stealing from them and feeding the levelled plots of land to real estate developers. Haven't you heard of Décroissance from the radical Frenchies? Une terre si densément peuplée comme Hong Kong n'a pas besoin de développement. Comment renouveler ou régénérer les structures en voie de veillissement devrait être la priorité. Les gratte-ciel monstrueux qui coupent la circulation de l'air et les réseaux communautaires, NON, ne pas les rajouter SVP.

市建局若能手下留情，不用勞動庶民抗議示威，老街坊血脈沸騰，聲淚俱下，則不用建豪宅、搞活化亦可流芳百世。