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By on September 23rd, 2006 at 6:26 am

Shanty Town Going Up on the Cheongyecheon

I’m a big fan of the Cheongyecheon stream restoration, however I’m not much of a fan of shantytowns:

As early as April of next year, shacks that once lined the streets near Cheonggyecheon in Cheonggye 8-ga in the 1960s will be displayed.

The Seoul city government said on September 22 that in an attempt to introduce the old landscape to visitors of Cheonggyecheon, it will display 12 life-size shacks in the fist half next year.

“Based on the photos of the old Cheonggyecheon, shacks will be built. The rebuilt shanty town will be developed as a tourist spot along with a Cheonggyecheon cultural hall,” said a city government official.

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