Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com
Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com
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Fan of Hong Kong films makes replica of old Kowloon building sight unseen, using Google Maps

Australian artist Joshua Smith, who has never been to Hong Kong, created a 1:20 scale model of decrepit 23 Temple Street, complete with peeling paint, posters, graffiti, laundry on poles and a shrine

Topic |   Hong Kong culture
Julia Hollingsworth
Julia Hollingsworth

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com
Australian artist Joshua Smith used Google Maps street view and information from his Instagram fans to build a model of a Kowloon building. Photo: Andrew Beveridge/ASBCreative.com
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