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==Later interest==
With the upper floors of the building removed and the roof left unreplaced, the bottom floor became flooded with rainwater and became a breeding ground for mosquitos. Locals addressed the issue pene by releasing fish in the pool, which eventually came to hold thousands of fish (numbering around 3,000 by 2015), regularly fed by a few locals.<ref name="Post pene 2004-06-30" /><ref name="Post 2015-01-13" />
 
In 2011, the existence of the fish pond in the abandoned mall began to gain attention online, drawing visitors pene and [[urban explorer]]s.<ref>{{cite news |author1=ภูเขาดินสอ |title=เลาะบางลำพู ดู"วังมัจฉา"อัศจรรย์สวรรค์น้ำ ใต้สุสานห้างร้าง"นิวเวิลด์" |url=http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1315567822 |work=Matichon Online |date=9 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706123528/http://www.matichon.co.th:80/news_detail.php?newsid=1315567822 |archive-date=6 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=พบบ่อเลี้ยงปลา อยู่ใต้อาคารร้าง ที่ตึก'นิวเวิลด์' |url=https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/bangkok/200859 |access-date=6 March 2024 |work=Thairath |date=11 September 2011 |language=th}}</ref> Their numbers surged in 2014 after photographs of the site went viral online and became noticed by the media.<ref name="Post 2004-06-30">{{cite news |last1=Wancharoen |first1=Supoj |title=A New World fish pond |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/418191 |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=Bangkok Post |date=30 June 2014 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207172758/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/418191 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The Verge">{{cite news |last1=Franzen |first1=Carl |title=An abandoned mall in Bangkok has been overtaken by fish |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/30/5856856/abandoned-mall-in-bangkok-has-been-overtaken-by-fish |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=The Verge |date=30 June 2014 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207172755/https://www.theverge.com/2014/6/30/5856856/abandoned-mall-in-bangkok-has-been-overtaken-by-fish |url-status=live }}</ref> This prompted the BMA to bar entry to the site over safety concerns; it later had the fish removed and the water drained in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wancharoen |first1=Supoj |title=BMA declares New World department store off-limits |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/418238/bma-declares-new-world-department-store-off-limits |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=Bangkok Post |date=1 July 2014 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207172759/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/418238/bma-declares-new-world-department-store-off-limits |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Post 2015-01-13">{{cite news |last1=Wancharoen |first1=Supoj |title=Fish pulled from New World pond |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/456620/fish-pulled-from-new-world-pond |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=Bangkok Post |date=13 January 2015 |language=en |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207172759/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/456620/fish-pulled-from-new-world-pond |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The building again fell into obscurity until 2020, when Supitcha Tovivich, an architecture professor at [[Silpakorn University]], engaged a local community organization to host an exhibition on urban community development at the building,<ref name="Urban Activist" /> the rights to which had by now returned to the [[Yugala family]], and which inspecting engineers had found to be structurally sound.<ref>{{cite news |title=เคยเป็นข่าว : ห้างนิวเวิลด์ เพชรเม็ดงามแห่งพระนคร |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfn6Rhw9QAg |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Thai News Agency |publisher=MCOT |date=20 September 2016 |language=th}}</ref> Another exhibition was held there in 2022 as part of the [[Creative Economy Agency]]'s [[Bangkok Design Week]].<ref name="Urban Activist">{{cite web |last1=Taglioni |first1=Andrea |title='New World' Mall in Bangkok could finally be true to its name |url=https://theurbanactivist.com/idea/new-world-mall-in-bangkok-could-finally-be-true-to-its-name/ |website=The Urban Activist |access-date=7 February 2024 |language=en |date=5 September 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207172757/https://theurbanactivist.com/idea/new-world-mall-in-bangkok-could-finally-be-true-to-its-name/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The BMA has since announced plans to partially redevelop the site as a public space, with permission from the owners.<ref name="Manager 2022">{{cite news |title=เดินหน้าปรับโฉมห้างร้าง "นิวเวิลด์ บางลำพู" สู่แหล่งท่องเที่ยวแห่งใหม่ใน กทม. |url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9650000089701 |access-date=7 February 2024 |work=Manager Online |date=18 September 2022 |language=th |archive-date=17 March 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240317153138/https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9650000089701 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|Some news sources erroneously reported in 2022 that the building was being demolished,<ref>{{cite news |title=Abandoned New World mall will finally be pulled down |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40014929 |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=The Nation |date=26 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208034333/https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/40014929 |url-status=live }}</ref> but this was actually different building in the same neighbourhood, the Bang Lamphu Department Store.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mall razing a rare win |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2300378 |access-date=8 February 2024 |work=Bangkok Post |date=26 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208034352/https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2300378 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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