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Chongqing nail house destroyedPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, April 3, 2007 11:02 AM
China's first Internet icon of 2007 succumbs to the bulldozer 'Nail house' (钉子户) refers to a house whose owners refuse to move out to make way for redevelopment. The Nail House of Chongqing rose rapidly to national fame in the last few weeks, largely because photos of the house looked so cool, and were spread rapidly around the Internet. The Netease article does not mention the settlement or what happened to the owners of the house. UPDATE: From ESWN:
See these posts on Danwei for more information about the Nail House: March 22: Property rights: the coolest nail house in history On other websites: Thanks to George for the tip. |
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Comments on Chongqing nail house destroyed
Here is one article describing the final settelment with the owners.
http://news.163.com/07/0402/18/3B3H1CCG00011229.html
It still doesn't mention what the settelment amount was, though.
Don't they use wrecking balls anymore?
“largely because photos of the house looked so cool” !
How funny this sentence ！
I think the owner is an action artist.
太有才了
It's cool enough that people have snapped up the domains dingzihu.cn and 钉子户.中国 (and the accompanying variations). (link)
"I think the owner is an action artist."
How funny this sentence!
Would have looked good on TV, but we got a "continue to not report" message flashing up on our computer screens at CCTV-9. Haven't watched any TV news tonight, so I don't know if this applied to all channels.
This also happened with a social club next to Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. It wasn't the money they wanted, but a better deal. It took 10 years for it to be sorted out and the club has rellocated now and the former site has been demolished to make way for a multi-level carpark for the casino.