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The stock image of Hong Kong is populated with neon signs; like the neo-noir dystopian landscape of Blade Runner,
the city’s layers are made up of glowing symbols and architecture. It’s sad then, to see these signs—
a sight that has greeted locals and tourists for the better part of the century—
on the brink of extinction as the government has deemed them "illegal" slated them for systematic removal from the streets.
In August 2015, the city said a sentimental goodbye to another icon: the neon cow that lit up Sammy Kitchen’s restaurant,
a visual fixture since 1977.
This move further wedges open the divide between ruling bodies and locals who continue to feel slighted by the city’s decisions on cultural preservation and public art. Hong Kong’s neon signs have been intertwined in culture since the inception of their use; the cover of British band Blur’s latest drop, The Magic Whip, pays homage to them, and filmmakers such as Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar-wai have showcased the luminescent grit of the neon landscape.
to see neon sign was one of my reason to visit Hongkong.
Tokyo I'm living now has some neon sign culture, but still HongKong Neon amazed me so hard.
beautiful neons light up city. another side of hongkong surprised me as well.
we explored so much by foot, when it came to night time. people disappeared suddenly.
only neon signs were appeared..
so we searched on google and head to one of the popular bar in hongkong.
nobody on the street even cars. it felt like ghost town totally.
the bar was basement. we walked down the stairs, it was full of people...
it happened a lot to us while we are in Hongkong.
people there is cover of mysterious...
- 28th Sep 2016 -
