{"id":15727,"date":"2012-11-30T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=15727"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:53","slug":"urban-planet-wenlings-nail-house-bulgarias-klek-shops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/11\/30\/urban-planet-wenlings-nail-house-bulgarias-klek-shops\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Wenling&#8217;s Nail House, Bulgaria&#8217;s Klek Shops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?attachment_id=34880\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34880\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"yfoo859jt45doqhx\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/yfoo859jt45doqhx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Luo Baogen&#8217;s house is the<em>\u00a0<\/em> last holdout on the new highway outside of Wenling, China. The highway required the demolition of an entire neighbourhood to provide access to a newly built railway station. According to the article posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/archinect.com\/news\/article\/62123448\/chinese-highway-builds-around-nail-house-protesting-development?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Archinect<\/a>, these so called &#8216;nail houses&#8217; &#8220;occasionally have resorted to violence. Some homeowners have set themselves on fire in protests. Often, they keep 24-hour vigils because developers will shy away from bulldozing homes when people are inside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cities can be very noisy places to live. As the decibels rise, from cell phone chatter, loud music, traffic and more, we tend to raise our voices to compete. Tim Kreider at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/18\/opinion\/sunday\/the-quiet-ones.html?ref=todayspaper&amp;_r=1&amp;\">New York Times<\/a> writes about how hard it can be for those who love the sound of silence. Especially, as it turns out, when you are simply too loud for those who love silence even more.<\/p>\n<div>The fall of the Berlin Wall yielded some pretty interesting urban economies in Bulgaria. After the fall of Communism, when private ownership of production was legalized, basement shops, called &#8216;klek&#8217; shops (in English, knee shops), began to spring up in Sofia. The basement locations were affordable for entrepreneurs just starting their new businesses. The shops tend to sell cigarettes,\u00a0 snacks and alcoholic and soft drinks, some also provide services, such as shoe repair. The shops are so low that customers must squat to interact with the vendor. (<a href=\"http:\/\/popupcity.net\/2012\/11\/sofias-basement-shops\/\">PopUp City<\/a>)<\/div>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/archinect.com\/news\/article\/62123448\/chinese-highway-builds-around-nail-house-protesting-development?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">Archinect<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. Luo Baogen&#8217;s house is the\u00a0 last holdout on the new highway outside of Wenling, China. 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