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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A community garden on the site of an old home in Pom Mahakan. The family living in the home was evicted and the structure torn down. The residents of Pom Mahakan are pictured on a government banner in the background. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A newly made park in Pom Mahakan. This site used to have at least four homes on it. The people living here were evicted and their homes torn down. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Statues of the Buddha behind a home in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A community garden on the site of an old home in Pom Mahakan. The family living in the home was evicted and the structure torn down. The residents of Pom Mahakan are pictured on a government banner in the background. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A community garden on the site of an old home in Pom Mahakan. The family living in the home was evicted and the structure torn down. The residents of Pom Mahakan are pictured on a government banner in the background. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pom Mahakan residents tussle with Bangkok code enforcement officials at a back entrance to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Bangkok city worker removes a Pom Mahakan resident's personal belongings during an operation to evict people from the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Bangkok city worker helps a resident of Pom Mahakan pack her belongings on the day she moved out of the slum. She accepted money from Bangkok city government and left voluntarily. Forty-three families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai man looks at an exhibit about the historic roots of Pom Mahakan in a community square in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan plays badminton in the new park in Pom Mahakan.  The park was built after the families living on the site were evicted and their homes razed. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Spirit Houses in Pom Mahakan. Spirit houses are traditionally built near homes and buildings in Thailand for the spirits of the property. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women who live in Pom Mahakan sit in front of a snack stand in the old fort and socialize. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman who accepted Bangkok city money and moved out Pom Mahakan talks to demolition workers who came to destroy her house. Evictions are continuing at a slow pace in Pom Mahakan Fort and as people move out their homes are destroyed to ensure new squatters don't move in. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials said recently that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of 2016.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Community leaders speak to the crowd at a party in Pom Mahakan. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Boys selling fruit walk past one of the 15 homes torn down in the Pom Mahakan community slum over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A demolished home in the Pom Mahakan Fort, one of 15 homes torn down by Bangkok officials over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Bangkok city workers carry out the belongings of a Pom Mahakan resident who agreed to leave the historic Bangkok community during an operation to evict Pom Mahakan residents Saturday. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Pom Mahakan resident holds up a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, at one of the blockaded entrances to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Pom Mahakan resident carries a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, through the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pom Mahakan residents tussle with Bangkok code enforcement officials at a back entrance to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: TAWATCHAI VORAMAHAKUN, center, a community historian and leader in the Pom Mahakan slum of the Pom Mahakan Fort talks to volunteers who came to support the residents of the fort. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A resident of Pom Mahakan sweeps the sidewalk in front of her home. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan gather in an empty lot in the old fort. The lot used to be a family home. The family was evicted by city officials in March, 2017 and the structure torn down. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Statues of the Buddha behind a home in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       Sarayut Nilbai, who makes and repairs artisan birdcages, says he is the third generation of his family to live in the Pom Mahakan slum. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials pushed back their deadline and now say that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of February 2017.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A supporter of the Pom Mahakan community participates in a "khon" dance, a traditional Thai dance that tells the story of the Ramakien (Thai adaptation of the Ramayana). Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tuk-tuk (three wheeled taxi) goes past supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan lining the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters make traditional Thai paper flowers that are used as decorations around temples and villages during a community party in the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Bangkok city workers remove a Pom Mahakan resident's personal belongings during an operation to evict people from the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Pom Mahakan resident guards a barricade to prevent Bangkok officials from demolishing their homes. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A blockaded entrance to Pom Mahakan Fort. The map next to the barricade indicates which houses were supposed to be torn down. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An architectural students measures the old city wall in Pom Mahakan. Students of architecture working under the auspices of Vernadoc, an organization that documents historic structures and communities in Thailand, are documenting the historic homes in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman and a neighbor's child in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       A child who lives in the Pom Mahakan slum community plays with his toy dinosaurs. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials pushed back their deadline and now say that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of February 2017.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A child who lives in Pom Mahakan under an umbrella during a rally in support of the fort's residents. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan line the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A demolished home in the Pom Mahakan Fort, one of 15 homes torn down by Bangkok officials over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Pom Mahakan resident holds up a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, at one of the blockaded entrances to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pom Mahakan residents block an alley in their community to prevent Bangkok officials from demolishing their homes. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Pom Mahakan resident holds up a portrait of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, at one of the blockaded entrances to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Bangkok city worker is reflected in the refrigerator door of a Pom Mahakan resident during an operation to evict people from the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pom Mahakan residents tussle with Bangkok code enforcement officials at a back entrance to the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan plays badminton in the new park in Pom Mahakan.  The park was built after the families living on the site were evicted and their homes razed. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Architectural students sketch homes in Pom Mahakan. Students of architecture working under the auspices of Vernadoc, an organization that documents historic structures and communities in Thailand, are documenting the historic homes in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Spirit Houses in Pom Mahakan. Spirit houses are traditionally built near homes and buildings in Thailand for the spirits of the property. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan uses a kitchen spoon to dig in the wreckage of a home destroyed by city officials during the forced evictions of Pom Mahakan residents. He was looking for old coins and anything salvageable. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan uses a kitchen spoon to dig in the wreckage of a home destroyed by city officials during the forced evictions of Pom Mahakan residents. He was looking for old coins and anything salvageable. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan uses a kitchen spoon to dig in the wreckage of a home destroyed by city officials during the forced evictions of Pom Mahakan residents. He was looking for old coins and anything salvageable. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.               PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Children who live in Pom Mahakan line the steps of the city wall during a rally in support of the Pom Mahakan community. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People who scavenge recyclable materials out of old homes in Pom Mahakan sort through their take. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman who lives in Pom Mahakan greets a neighbor's child in the old fort. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan gets ready to serve the badminton shuttlecock during a game in the new park in Pom Mahakan.  The park was built after the families living on the site were evicted and their homes razed. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman and her grandson sit in what used to be a home and is now an empty lot in Pom Mahakan. The city evicted the family living in the home and tore it down. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Interior of an abandoned home in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An architectural student sketches the interior of an abandoned home in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Sarayut Nilbai, who makes and repairs birdcages, says he is the third generation of his family to live in the Pom Mahakan slum. He is varnishing a bird cage he made in his home workshop. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman who lives in Pom Mahakan pushes her baby stroller down a pedestrian street in the old fort. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man looks at his songbirds in a cage in Pom Mahakan. Thais frequently keep songbirds as pets. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers take apart a home in the Pom Mahakan community. Evictions are continuing at a slow pace in Pom Mahakan Fort and as people move out their homes are destroyed to ensure new squatters don't move in. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials said recently that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of 2016.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Residents of Pom Mahakan blockade the south entrance to the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan line the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Musicians perform during a community celebration in Pom Mahakan. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A demolished home in the Pom Mahakan Fort, one of 15 homes torn down by Bangkok officials over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Bangkok city workers carry out the belongings of a Pom Mahakan resident who agreed to leave the historic Bangkok community during an operation to evict Pom Mahakan residents Saturday. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: TAWATCHAI VORAMAHAKUN, center, a community historian and leader in the Pom Mahakan slum of the Pom Mahakan Fort negotiates with Bangkok city officials during a stand off in the fort. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People relax behind a barricaded gate at Pom Mahakan Fort. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys play video games on their smart phones in a home in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman who accepted Bangkok city money and moved out Pom Mahakan signs papers stating the she is moving out of the old fort and that her home will be destroyed. Evictions are continuing at a slow pace in Pom Mahakan Fort and as people move out their homes are destroyed to ensure new squatters don't move in. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials said recently that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of 2016.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A tuk-tuk (three wheeled taxi) goes past supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan lining the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A resident of Pom Mahakan (far left) and a city official (second from left) listen to a Pom Mahakan community leader say goodbye to the resident on the day she moved out of the slum. She accepted money from Bangkok city government and left voluntarily. Forty-three families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Children in traditional Thai outfits perform for families at a community party in Pom Mahakan. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters make traditional Thai paper flowers that are used as decorations around temples and villages during a community party in the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters make traditional Thai paper flowers that are used as decorations around temples and villages during a community party in the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman does her laundry on the sidewalk in front of her home in the Pom Mahakan community. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A community meeting in the Pom Mahakan community. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Bangkok residents who support the people in Pom Mahakan Fort sing Thai folk songs during a stand off with Bangkok city officials. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 JULY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man who has lived in Pom Mahakan his entire life in front of his new home. His family was able to prove their familial roots in the community and the city allowed them to remain. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. An ad hoc group of housing advocates, historic preservationists and academics have asked the city to allow the remaining residents to stay and city officials have said they might allow people who can prove that their families have lived in the fort since before the 1950s, when the city got title to the land from the Thai military, will be able to stay.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: TAWATCHAI VORAMAHAKUN, a community historian and leader in the Pom Mahakan slum, sweeps up between homes. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People who scavenge recyclable materials out of old homes in Pom Mahakan sort through their take. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   The remains of a home torn down by city officials in Pom Mahakan. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: LEK, a community leader in Pom Mahakan brings some of the community children home from his school on his motorbike. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy who lives in Pom Mahakan walks through the old fort in a Chinese Lion Dance outfit. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan line the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters lock arms and block the gates of the old fort during an event to express community solidarity in face of Bangkok city officials' efforts to evict them from the fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People hang traditional Thai paper flowers in Pom Mahakan during a community party in the old fort. The flowers are hung as decorations. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters make traditional Thai paper flowers that are used as decorations around temples and villages during a community party in the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Protesters who support the residents of the Pom Mahakan slum sit against the old city walls in the historic fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. Supporters of the residents come into the fort everyday in case the city tries again to evict the residents.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Bangkok city workers carry out the belongings of a Pom Mahakan resident who agreed to leave the historic Bangkok community during an operation to evict Pom Mahakan residents Saturday. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bangkok city workers wait to tear down one of the 12 homes scheduled for demolition in the Pom Mahakan community. Hundreds of people from the Pom Mahakan community and other communities in Bangkok barricaded themselves in the Pom Mahakan Fort to prevent Bangkok officials from tearing down the homes in the community Saturday. The city had issued eviction notices and said they would reclaim the land in the historic fort from the community. People prevented the city workers from getting into the fort. After negotiations with community leaders, Bangkok officials were allowed to tear down 12 homes that had either been abandoned or whose owners had agreed to move. The remaining 44 families who live in the fort have vowed to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman who owns a small convenience stand (right) in Pom Mahakan visits with a neighbor. Bangkok city officials are expected to tear the structure down in coming weeks. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Sarayut Nilbai, who makes and repairs birdcages, says he is the third generation of his family to live in the Pom Mahakan slum. He is varnishing a bird cage he made in his home workshop. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 APRIL 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman gives her son a haircut in their home in Pom Mahakan. The final evictions of the remaining families in Pom Mahakan, a slum community in a 19th century fort in Bangkok, have started. City officials are moving the residents out of the fort. NGOs and historic preservation organizations protested the city's action but city officials did not relent and started evicting the remaining families in early March.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Demolition workers take apart the metal roof of a home in the Pom Mahakan community. Evictions are continuing at a slow pace in Pom Mahakan Fort and as people move out their homes are destroyed to ensure new squatters don't move in. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials said recently that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of 2016.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 OCTOBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Community activists and supporters of the Pom Mahakan community talk to residents about their options in face of city plans to evict the residents. Evictions are continuing at a slow pace in Pom Mahakan Fort and as people move out their homes are destroyed to ensure new squatters don't move in. More than 40 families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. Bangkok officials are trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay. City officials said recently that they expect to have the old fort cleared of residents and construction on the new park started by the end of 2016.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan hold up pictures of the King and Queen of Thailand while they blockade the south entrance to the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Supporters of the residents of Pom Mahakan line the city wall in front of the old fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The status of the remaining families is not clear. Bangkok officials are still trying to move them out of the fort and community leaders are barricading themselves in the fort. The residents of the historic fort are joined almost every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Residents of Pom Mahakan and their supporters lock arms and block the gates of the old fort during an event to express community solidarity in face of Bangkok city officials' efforts to evict them from the fort. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A partially demolished home in the Pom Mahakan Fort, one of 15 homes torn down by Bangkok officials over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Inside a partially demolished home in the Pom Mahakan Fort, one of 15 homes torn down by Bangkok officials over the weekend. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman ties ribbons a on a sculpture meant to represent the heart of the Pom Mahakan community during a community meeting Wednesday. Forty-four families still live in the Pom Mahakan Fort community. The city of Bangkok has given them provisional permission to stay, but city officials say the permission could be rescinded and the city go ahead with the evictions. The residents of the historic fort have barricaded most of the gates into the fort and are joined every day by community activists from around Bangkok who support their efforts to stay.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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