Amazing Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Finally I visited the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, in short DDP, which opened on March 21st. As you can already tell by the name, it lies in the famous Dongdaemun shopping...
More Entrances to Cheonggyecheon Stream
The Cheonggyecheon Stream is without doubt THE best practice of sustainable urban planning in Seoul. It replaced an inner-city expressway by an open space for citizens. Tourists love the stream...
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Seoul is a very safe city in comparison to other ones of this size. However, it doesn’t mean that Seoul (or Korea) is free of crime and that there aren’t...
Keeping the Joongang Cinema in Pictures
Seoul is a very dynamic city and the built environment develops very fast. The changes can be through a new shop or restaurant, a new facade or even completely new...
Suggestion for Sejong-ro’s Car-Free Day
After I saw that it’s possible to propose events for the car-free day at Sejong-ro, I thought about an idea. I tried to make a suggestion which has nothing to...
Let’s Propose Events for Sejong-ro
After I’ve published the post yesterday, I saw on the The City 2.0: Seoul’s Facebook page that there is an event regarding the events at the Sejong-ro. Citizens can propose events...
Sejong-ro as a Pedestrian Zone
On Sunday, November 18th, I went to downtown Seoul because I wanted to see Sejong-ro without any traffic. The road Sejong-Ro (between Gwanghwamun-Station and the actual Gwanghwamun) was closed on...
Vision of a Pedestrian-Friendly Seoul
Since 2011, Park Won-Soon is the mayor of Seoul and as you may know, he puts the citizen into the focus of his policies. In terms of traffic, he emphasizes...
A Visit to Songdo
Songdo is the sensational urban development project of Incheon on reclaimed land at the western coast of South Korea. I follow the development and news articles about Songdo since a...
Korea to get First Domed Baseball Stadium
Korea’s first domed baseball park is already well under construction in west Seoul. The stadium is meant to replace Dongdaemun Stadium which was demolished back in 2008 and is being...