Uijeongbu's New Culture Street

[samedi]

My fingers are feeling better compared to yesterday and I still want to write about the changes to downtown Uijeongbu's Jungangno (중앙로) but I have no idea where to begin. Back in May the city ruled the street off-limits to cars, and I made a brief reference to construction going on back in August. While remodeling work conducted at Gwanghwamun

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[samedi]

Thanks, Stephie.

I came across a couple of articles that mention the trees, but they either didn't say where they came from and how they were transplanted or my Korean wasn't good enough to pick up on that information. I wonder how far the city will let their branches grow out. It would be nice to have the extra foliage, but I can understand businesses worrying about stray branches causing damage to storefronts.

It looks like an artificial creek, though there is a natural stream that runs about six or seven blocks away. (My apartment is one block away from the stream.)

I love that the city made an effort to create a greener public space. There are also plans to turn a couple of the old US Army bases into parks now that most US soldiers have been relocated out of the city. I also live two metro stops away from a national park!

[ext_137656]

Looks like a nice street. Especially like the picture of ice forming.

[samedi]

Thanks, Brian. I took a few photos of the ice highlighted by different colors but couldn't think of a good excuse to include more than one with the entry. Oh well.

wow!

[ext_204185]

great writeup and pics! i can't wait to go see it all finished. will you put this post up on the uijeongbu crew group? people need to see!

Re: wow!

[samedi]

Thanks, Breda! I just added it to the Uijeongbu Crew group a little bit ago. I hope that's still enough time for people to read about it before the celebration tomorrow!