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Highway Removal - Cheonggyecheon River
The burial of the Cheonggyecheon River and the building of an elevated freeway over it in the 1970s represented the height of social progress in Seoul, Korea, at the time. This alteration, 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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PICTURE REFERENCES
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[1] Courtesy of W00kie, via Flickr.com
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