This former house located in Chongqing Municipality in southern China has been dubbed the "nail house" because it refused to be hammered down. The owners had been fighting off bulldozers there since 2004, when developers pleaded with them and another 280 households to make way for a shopping mall. But the compensation proposed by the developer was just not enough. The other residents left one after another, leaving the building standing alone. The house, was handed down through several generations. It was used as a variety store and then leased to become a restaurant.
As the owner held out flying the national flag, he received food and supplies via a green rope pulled up from the ground.
The structure was finally demolished in March of this year. As compensation, they accepted an apartment in the Shapingba district of downtown Chongqing, similar in size to their old one.
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