The Historian · Hayoon · Seoul
Cheonggyecheon Stream
This water is where working Seoul did its laundry for centuries, then was paved over for cars, then dug back out. Few places show a city arguing with itself so plainly.
The old capital's central stream, buried under a highway in the 1970s and dramatically uncovered again in 2005 — a walkable lesson in how cities bury and reclaim their past.
— Hayoon, The Historian
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