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“Long ago in Seoul, South Korea, city planners paved over a natural stream to put in a road. It stayed that way for decades, becoming a freeway and adding to the traffic congestion in the burgeoning metropolis. But in 2003, city planners tore down the old highway and brought the stream back to life.”

“Long ago in Seoul, South Korea, city planners paved over a natural stream to put in a road. It stayed that way for decades, becoming a freeway and adding to the traffic congestion in the burgeoning metropolis. But in 2003, city planners tore down the old highway and brought the stream back to life.”

Reblogged 2 years ago from freedomofthoughts (Originally from landscapelifescape)
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  3. alexainslie reblogged this from landscapearchitecture and added:
    urbangreens: City of Seoul Transforms Freeway Into a River: TreeHugger “Long ago in Seoul, South Korea, city planners...
  4. certifiedhottie reblogged this from urbangreens and added:
    This is probably my favorite example, so far, of reclaiming the land for nature. Love this, it looks so good.
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  9. luggah reblogged this from freedomofthoughts and added:
    “Long ago in Seoul, South Korea, city planners paved over a natural stream...put in a...
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  13. listofnow reblogged this from deenaroo and added:
    This is beautiful.
  14. cartographerconspiracy reblogged this from landscapearchitecture and added:
    I wish that they did this with some of the stream concrete channels in Orange County and LA . landscapearchitecture:
  15. changeyolife reblogged this from neilywheely and added:
    Absolutely Beautiful.
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  20. miacosm reblogged this from age-of-ecology and added:
    Wonder if there are any hidden water sources like this in Austin.
  21. age-of-ecology reblogged this from deepthinking
  22. jackmaxx reblogged this from landscapelifescape and added:
    คลองในกรุงเทพฯ นี่ก็ถูกแทนที่ด้วยถนนไปซะเยอะ แต่คงยากจะได้คืนเช่นนี้
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  24. elphie reblogged this from upyourarchitecture and added:
    this is beautiful, sana gawin nila to sa pilipinas. pero you know, ASA
  25. deenaroo reblogged this from landscapearchitecture and added:
    That was probably my favorite place in Seoul.
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