Comments on: Paving in Portuguese http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/12/09/as-calcadas-de-macau/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mary http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/12/09/as-calcadas-de-macau/comment-page-1/#comment-337341 mary Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5705#comment-337341 I was there yesterday, and saw that they were making more of these sidewalks! I was there yesterday, and saw that they were making more of these sidewalks!

]]> By: Christopher DeWolf http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/12/09/as-calcadas-de-macau/comment-page-1/#comment-316275 Christopher DeWolf Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:40:44 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/?p=5705#comment-316275 Macau really has seen very little redevelopment compared to Hong Kong and any other city in the Pearl River Delta. Even with all of the new tourism and gambling investments, large parts of the city have been untouched for decades, and there seems to be a greater tolerance for leaving things as they are than in neighbouring cities. I've wondered why this is and it occurred to me the other day that, in addition to being a legacy of Portuguese colonialism, it might also have to do with the way that property is controlled in Macau. Hong Kong is essentially run by a cartel of developers and it's extremely easy to knock things down and redevelop them. That might not be the case in Macau. Macau really has seen very little redevelopment compared to Hong Kong and any other city in the Pearl River Delta. Even with all of the new tourism and gambling investments, large parts of the city have been untouched for decades, and there seems to be a greater tolerance for leaving things as they are than in neighbouring cities.

I’ve wondered why this is and it occurred to me the other day that, in addition to being a legacy of Portuguese colonialism, it might also have to do with the way that property is controlled in Macau. Hong Kong is essentially run by a cartel of developers and it’s extremely easy to knock things down and redevelop them. That might not be the case in Macau.

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