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date taken : march 2010
location : ipoh

my efforts in discovering lost spaces in my little classic city brought me to a place we all call 15th floors (in cantonese) as it was the first highrise low cost apartment block in Ipoh, one of its kind since Ipoh has a vast low-spreading development - horizontal instead of vertical. This is a place notorious since the 60's for its high crime rates, enclosed community...which made it even more intriguing...it's my first time venturing inwards....and was greeted by surprising good planning of spaces, open green spaces and sensitive place making, however it was completely abandoned.....isolated and shielded from the rest of the city......and what a surprise! one last shop opened at the ground level that was intended to have facilities to service the community like drugstore, marketplace etc.....such a classic little barber shop....what i like most about the photo is how many stories it tells....