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20 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man waves from his home, a lean to built out of beach umbrellas, on the grounds of Wat Kalayanamit. One year after 54 families were forcibly evicted the grounds around Wat Kalayanamit are still undeveloped. Fifty-four homes around Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, were razed and the residents evicted to make way for new development at the temple. The abbot of the temple said he evicted the residents, who lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes were unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines. Low income people are being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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20 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man waves from his home, a lean to built out of beach umbrellas, on the grounds of Wat Kalayanamit. One year after 54 families were forcibly evicted the grounds around Wat Kalayanamit are still undeveloped. Fifty-four homes around Wat Kalayanamit, a historic Buddhist temple on the Chao Phraya River in the Thonburi section of Bangkok, were razed and the residents evicted to make way for new development at the temple. The abbot of the temple said he evicted the residents, who lived on the temple grounds for generations, because their homes were unsafe and because he wants to improve the temple grounds. The evictions are a part of a Bangkok trend, especially along the Chao Phraya River and BTS light rail lines. Low income people are being evicted from their long time homes to make way for urban renewal. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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