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Nail House: China Builds a Road Around a Single Home That Stood Strong Against Urban Redevelopment

11/26/2012
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  • Nail House in China
    This single house is all that's left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his wife, has been completely encircled by a new street that leads to a railway station near the city of Wenling. Households such as this one that stand up to developers are dubbed "nail houses", as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".
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  • Nail House in China
    This single house is all that's left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his wife, has been completely encircled by a new street that leads to a railway station near the city of Wenling. Households such as this one that stand up to developers are dubbed "nail houses", as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".
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  • Nail House in China
    This single house is all that's left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his wife, has been completely encircled by a new street that leads to a railway station near the city of Wenling. Households such as this one that stand up to developers are dubbed "nail houses", as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".
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  • Nail House in China
    This single house is all that's left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his wife, has been completely encircled by a new street that leads to a railway station near the city of Wenling. Households such as this one that stand up to developers are dubbed "nail houses", as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".
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  • Nail House in China
    One lone house is all that is left of a neighbourhood in Zhejiang province, China, since it was demolished to make room for a road designed to improve transport links. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resistance Luo Baogen and his wife, is surrounded by the new street connecting a railway station near the city of Wenling.
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  • Nail House in China
    Inhabited by the residents who stand up to the developpers, such homes are dubbed 'nail houses' as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".
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Nail House in China

This single house is all that's left of a neighborhood in Zhejiang Province, China that was demolished to make room for new urban development. The house, a dwelling owned by redevelopment resister Luo Baogen and his wife, has been completely encircled by a new street that leads to a railway station near the city of Wenling. Households such as this one that stand up to developers are dubbed "nail houses", as their owners refuse to be "hammered down".

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