The story of an abandoned Bangkok mall’s massive fish pond
Jul 1, 2014 · The eerie, derelict Bang Lamphu shopping mall in Bangkok has become a giant fish pond and an unlikely tourist attraction.
Fish take over abandoned New World Mall in Bangkok after it …
Jun 26, 2014 · The New World Mall, in Bangkok, Thailand, flooded after the roof was demolished in a fire. When the stagnant water attracted mosquitoes, locals introduced fish to eat the insects.
An Abandoned Mall in Bangkok Has Turned into a Gigantic Fish …
Jul 16, 2014 · To fight that dangerous and annoying development, nearby residents bought fish of assorted species to eat the mosquitoes and larvae. The fish took to the pond, and on top of their mosquito...
New World Department Store (Bangkok) - Wikipedia
In 2011, the existence of the fish pond in the abandoned mall began to gain attention online, drawing visitors and urban explorers. [9][10] Their numbers surged in 2014 after photographs of the site went viral online and became noticed by the media. [7][2] This prompted the BMA to bar entry to the site over safety concerns; it later had the fish...
Bangkok mall crowded with … fish? - CNN
Jul 3, 2014 · Happily swimming among dilapidated storefronts and waterlogged escalators, koi and tilapia feast on fish food sold by enterprising locals and thrown by tourists who continue to descend on the...
Abandoned Bangkok Shopping Mall Full of Fish - Oddity Central
Jul 7, 2014 · From the outside, this four-storey, roofless, dilapidated structure located on a busy Bangkok intersection looks pretty much worthless. But the ruins of the once-vibrant New World Mall now...
Abandoned mall in Bangkok taken over by Fish - LUXUO
Jul 26, 2014 · On professional cook and photographer Jesse Rockwell’s trip to Bangkok, he went to the shopping mall. However, instead of visiting the popular centres, he ventured to the abandoned New World shopping mall to capture the sights of one of the world’s most amazing accidental fish ponds.
Thailand: Workers catch 3,000 fish in the flooded abandoned New World ...
Jan 13, 2015 · People living near the shopping centre released fish into the pond to take care of the mosquito problem. Veera Watcharagoneyotine, director of a fishery, estimated there were about 3,000 fish...
Abandoned Shopping Mall in Bangkok Turns Into Fish Pond
Jan 15, 2015 · The New World shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, has been lying abandonment and lifeless since 1997, but not quite. The roofless four-storeyed structure has since flooded with several feet of rainwater and became a paradise for a variety of fish.
In pictures: Abandoned shopping mall becomes urban aquarium …
Jul 3, 2014 · Jesse Rockwell says he witnessed an "absolutely staggering amount of fish" living in what was the New World shopping mall in Bangkok. An inquisitive photographer had a surprise when he...