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The covering of the Cheonggyecheon River and the building of an elevated freeway over it in the 1970s represented the hight of social progress in Seoul, Korea at the time. This thought, however, was greatly reconsidered thirty years later after the city had become noisy and congested. So, in 2001, under the direction of Seoul's Mayor Lee Myung-bak, a plan was developed to tear down the freeway and to restore the river. The project was completed in 2005. 





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[1] "Seoul, South Korea: Cheonggye Freeway." Preservation Institute.

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Cheonggyecheon River Highway Removal Project

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