Cheonggyecheon stream

Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul

When Kip heard he was going to Korea for a work conference, I was not particularly excited. Korean food is ok. I have been through Korea Town in LA a thousand times, and one of my friends who had recently been to Seoul described it as “Korea Town – just bigger.” So I thought I would let Kip go alone, save our travel savings for a trip to Europe or South America. Then we realized the conference Kip was invited to present a poster at was only a few days after my brother’s wedding in LA. If we…

Escape the hustle in the heart of Seoul at Cheonggyecheon Stream. Serenity meets the cityscape for a refreshing urban retreat! Hungry for more Seoul adventures? Discover them all in our blog article! 👉🔗 #ThingsToDoInSeoul #SeoulAdventures #DiscoverKorea

Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul : Getty Images : Mlenny Photography Travel, Nature, People & AI

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Cheonggyecheon Stream is an 11 km-long stream that runs through downtown Seoul. Created as part of an urban renewal project, Cheonggyecheon Stream is a restoration of the stream that was once there during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The stream was covered with an elevated highway after the Korean War (1950-1953), as part of the country's post-war economic development. Then in 2003, the elevated highway was removed to restore the stream to its present form today. The stream starts from…

So much 21st-century landscape architecture is designed to compensate for 20th-century sins, it might as well be an industry slogan. Some of the worst offenders? Urban motorways. The pivot to cars in the last midcentury prioritised four-wheeled transport over the two-legged kind. Whizzing motorists through town alienated people from the centre, cutting off communities from their neighbours and often from the city’s raison d’etre: its water source. Among the lessons we learned was that…