The Hanging Cities of Kowloon

Of course, like most people, you've probably spent some time fantasising about what could have happened if the Hong Kong City council hadn't demolished the Kowloon Walled City but rather preserved it as a testament to the more extreme urban exploits of city dwellers. It's probably one of the most fascinating and enduring anomalies that I have come across, second only to the Pink Sparkle Odeon ident. 

But what if they had strapped a load of over sized F1 Rocket Engine to the base and fired them into lower orbit where they could ominously hang in the air in exactly the way bricks don't...