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	Creative Clusters \| Creative Economy Network and Conference
		October 1st 2006 marks one year since restoration was completed on the Cheonggyecheon stream in downtown Seoul, unveiling to the public a stunning example of urban regeneration and with it, bringing to life the 600 years of Seoul's history.
		The project to uncover and restore the Cheonggyecheon Stream was inaugurated by Seoul Mayor Lee Myung Bak in July 2002.
		The first Cheonggyecheon Art Festival in the summer of 2006 was themed "The Flight of the Ugly Duck", drawing parallels between the Hans Christian Anderson tale and the stream's transformation.
	www.creativeclusters.com /modules/eventsystem/?fct=eventmenus&action=displaypage&id=272 (744 words)

	Civil Engineering Magazine - December 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cheonggyecheon means stream in Korean, but the waterway’s original name was Gaecheoni, which means open stream—a concept that is guiding Seoul’s city fathers in this project.
		The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project was thus formulated not only to address stability and safety problems but also to revitalize the areas economically and improve the environment for all of Seoul’s residents.
		The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project has a historical aspect in that the residents of Seoul will again be able to enjoy a stream that for centuries figured in the life of their city.
	www.pubs.asce.org /ceonline/ceonline04/0104feat.html (3654 words)

	:: The Granite Tower :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cheonggyecheon is also associated with the effort to regain such as our national prode with splendid traditional culture by restoring some historical objects like Gwangtonggyo.
		Cheonggyecheon itself is the historical and cultural heritage.
		Cheonggyecheon is considered to be an incomplete restoration of ecological environment.
	granite.korea.ac.kr /features/200511_02.htm (2581 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		Cheonggyecheon will be redecorated as a design showcase for “Design Made 2005: Special Exhibition in Cheonggyecheon,” an exhibition co-hosted by the Seoul Arts Center and Dong-A Ilbo.
		Yi Soon-ju paints a view of newly born Cheonggyecheon on the concrete debris from the old Cheonggyecheon.
		Hong’s photos documented Cheonggyecheon as a place which was inhabited by lower-income people for about 10 years from the early 1960’s when the stream started to be covered with concrete to the time when the elevated road was completed.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2005100409728 (627 words)

	Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Cheonggyecheon River is the major waterway in Seoul, and it has a rich history, which is in evidence in old paintings and carvings on stone pillars around the city.
		After four or five decades of use the Cheonggyecheon elevated expressway was becoming a bit of a safety issue, and sorely needed to be renovated.
		The Cheonggyecheon project is a great example of the value of such projects, for the advantage to the community greatly outweighs short term political benefits and administrative achievements.
	www.taipeitimes.com /News/editorials/archives/2005/11/17/2003280534/print (553 words)

	Read CIVIL SOCIETY_View
		The Cheonggyecheon and its vicinity in Seoul is under restoration and was started in July 2003 as the proposition of restoring history, culture, and the environment in the north of the Han River(Gangbuk).
		The Cheonggyecheon and its vicinity is one of the places to consolidate and maintain in view of it as an urban fabric of megalopolis Seoul.
		The Cheonggyecheon restoration and the development of its neighborhood should be sustainable to promote the identity of Seoul that boasts of its 600 years of history as an ancient economic, social and environmental city.
	www.ccej.or.kr /English/sub05_02_view.html?num=64 (7070 words)

	URBANPHOTO » Cheonggyecheon: The Flow of Progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Cheonggyecheon, or the Cheonggye Stream restoration project is without question the most ambitious urban renewal scheme to have ever been undertaken in the history of Seoul.
		The Cheonggyecheon, unpredictable and prone to flooding, was successfully managed by government engineers throughout the centuries of the Choson Dynasty.
		Many skeptics in Korea see the Cheonggyecheon as a purely symbolic project that was undertaken to benefit the legacy of a mayor rather than the environment of a city.
	www.urbanphoto.net /blog/2007/02/08/cheonggyecheon-the-flow-of-progress (2540 words)

	ENN: Environmental News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Cheonggyecheon, which runs 5.8 kilometers (3.6 miles) through central Seoul, was opened to the public after a two-year, multimillion-dollar face-lift ordered by Mayor Lee Myung-bak, who had pledged to recover the city's ecological landscape.
		During the ceremony, water collected from major rivers and lakes throughout the country was poured into the Cheonggyecheon in a gesture symbolizing unity and reunification of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul officials said.
		The group said the Seoul city government didn't make enough effort to restore the natural habitats of animals and plants along the waterway and also criticized the large amount of money to be spent on pumping water into the stream.
	www.enn.com /today_PF.html?id=8934 (446 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The National Human Rights Commission recommended the Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan City to improve Cheonggyecheon structures so that people with physical disabilities, the elderly, children, those accompanying children, and pregnant women (hereafter “people with disabilities and others”) can safely access Cheonggyecheon guaranteeing their rights to movement.
		As the City confirmed its official position, Cheonggyecheon restoration is not only a matter of the City itself, but also of the Nation as a whole carrying a historical significance in the beginning of the 21st century.
		Cheonggyecheon, now under construction, is divided into three zones running a total length of 5.8 kilo meters.
	www.humanrights.go.kr /eng/about/news/NeComitNews_Main.jsp?seqid=255 (804 words)

	Cheonggyecheon - Galbijim
		Cheonggyecheon (청계천, 淸溪川, clean.canyon stream.river) is a small river flowing through downtown Seoul and then meeting the Han River.
		The length of the river is 10.84 km, the total surface area is 59.83㎢, and there are a total of 22 bridges.
		This is a list of bridges going from left to right on the map, or from Seoul City Hall to Dongdaemun and then to the Cheonggyecheon Culture Hall where the last one is located.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Cheonggyecheon (266 words)

	Welcome To Korea Now !!!-Society & The Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Construction on Cheonggyecheon (meaning "clean-water stream" in Korean), which runs through the center of the capital from west to east, is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2004.
		Yang Yun-Jae, who teaches urban planning at Seoul National University, said the restoration of Cheonggyecheon is a win-win project for the environment and economy.
		A sprawl of dilapidated buildings lining the covered stream has been a stumbling block to further development of the Cheonggyecheon area and is on the brink of becoming a slum, he claimed.
	kn.koreaherald.co.kr /SITE/data/html_dir/2002/08/10/200208100024.asp (814 words)

	Delicious Biting: Cheonggyecheon or the next President of S. Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Here are two sites on Cheongyecheon restoration I found after I got back to the U.S. that includes the history and photos of the area.
		From what I gather, decades ago, Cheonggyecheon had been covered up with cement and throngs of stores clustered around both sides of the road and caused great traffic congestion.
		Actually, the primary beneficiary of the Cheonggyecheon is said to be the mayor of Seoul, Mr.
	deliciousbiting.typepad.com /blogs/2005/10/cheonggyecheon_.html (554 words)

	YONHAP NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The flow of water through the restored stream of Cheonggyecheon in central Seoul was successfully tested Wednesday, drawing huge applause from the crowd that gathered to witness the event.
		The Cheonggyecheon was used as a conduit for sewage and rainfall to the Han River.
		Although originally a shallow stream, the new Cheonggyecheon is to meander through some 274,000 square meters of greenery, including parks, historical sites and cultural displays.
	www.yonhapnews.net /Engnews/20050601/480100000020050601171346E5.html (569 words)

	APEC-VC Korea
		About a million people gathered in central Seoul to celebrate the restoration of a waterway that was opened to the public on Saturday (Oct. 1), accompanied by various cultural events.
		The Seoul City government opened Cheonggyecheon stream on Saturday, which was completed after a three-year restoration project, allowing residents to try out its walking paths and bridges.
		President Roh Moo-hyun said during the opening ceremony that the restoration of Cheonggyecheon is a landmark accomplishment in Seoul City history.
	www.apec-vc.or.kr /CurrentIssue/CurrentIssue_View.asp?KeyValue=75 (231 words)

	::::::: Korea Real Estate Information Center ::::::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon is benefiting not only nearby commerce but also the office market.
		Vacancy rates near the Cheonggyecheon, after peaking in the first quarter, have plummeted for two straight quarters.
		According to the latest lease market report, the average vacancy rate of offices near the Cheonggyecheon in the third quarter was just 2.6%.
	www.kreic.com /e_pds/pds2_view.jsp?bbs_id=14699&qry_cond=subject&qry_contents=&page=1 (199 words)

	Event details
		The original name of the Cheonggyecheon was "Gaechon," meaning, "Open Stream." It is an urban stream flowing from west to east through the center of Seoul.
		The Cheonggyecheon restoration project has proven to be a remarkable model of ecological restoration work for metropolises.
		As the Discovery Channel titled its Cheonggyecheon documentary, "Man-Made Marvels, Seoul Searching" (aired in October, 2005), the project is also expected to enhance the city's globally attractive investment possibilities and to transform the area into another tourist magnet.
	ieas.berkeley.edu /events/2005.11.16.html (302 words)

	ST E-Update 19, December 2005
		Just a few years ago, Seoul, a city of over ten million, was seemingly spiraling into ever-worsening congestion, declining public transport and generally deteriorating city livability, has shown that with political will and imagination even a mega-city can be turned around in the course of a few years largely through transportation and public space improvements.
		In the 1960s, as Korea embarked on its rapid modernization, the Cheonggyecheon was entombed beneath a drab, concrete, elevated expressway running through the heart of the city.
		The grand opening of the restored Cheonggyecheon took place on October 1, 2005, accompanied by the World Mayor’s Forum and street festivals around each of the 22 bridges crossing the stream – five of which are for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles.
	www.itdp.org /STe/ste19/seoul.html (527 words)

	Seoul World Mayors Forum 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The aim of the CheongGyeCheon Restoration was to recover the historical and cultural environment in Seoul and create balanced urban development between the Gangbuk area (north of the Han River) and Gangnam (south of the Han) in the city.
		By restoring the covering area in the CheongGyeCheon, for example, historic relics such as Joseon Dynasty's stone bridges (including Gwanggyo and Supyogyo) could be restored to their original condition.
		Major examples are: restoration of cultural relics in CheongGyeCheon such as Gwanggyo (bridge) and Supyogyo (bridge); reestablishment of Seoul's history and cultural identity by creating a cultural space linked to cultural relics within the four Great Gates; and utilization of CheongGyeCheon as a representative cultural tour destination in Seoul.
	www.swmf2005.org /notice/news_view.asp?boardCD=news&idx=22 (485 words)

	YONHAP NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 52-year-old official, identified only as Kim, is suspected of receiving 30 million won (US$29,940) in bribes from a property developer, identified only by his family name Gil, for helping to have a ban on the building of high-rise buildings alongside Cheonggyecheon Stream in downtown Seoul lifted.
		Kim was a senior researcher at a Seoul City-affiliated organization conducting research on the restoration of Cheonggyecheon Stream that was covered for three decades to ease traffic congestion and mitigate flooding.
		The stream restoration project is one of the most ambitious ventures being undertaken by Seoul City Mayor Lee Myung-bak, said to be a possible contender for the presidential elections in 2007 under the ticket of the major opposition of Grand National Party.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20050515/610000000020050515191010E7.html (256 words)

	Enjoy a Walking Tour of Cheonggyecheon! : Tour2Korea.com
		Surrounding Cheonggyecheon, flowing through the central part of Seoul, are a variety of fun activities and delicious eateries open to the public.
		A mini Cheonggyecheon flows through the plaza, and the bridge locations are lighted at nighttime.
		There are two walking tours of Cheonggyecheon, and a cultural heritage commentator leads a tour 3 times a day, and it takes about two to three hours.
	english.tour2korea.com /03Sightseeing/TravelSpot/travelspot_read.asp?konum=subm1_1&kosm=m3_6&oid=2537 (1101 words)

	News World FEBRUARY. 2005
		s far as the Cheonggyecheon Stream now undergoing restoration is concerned, the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. (HDEC) may know almost an A to Z of the birth of the stream and its development.
		The work on restoring the Cheonggyecheon Stream is 90 percent complete, and the one on the Jeonnung-cheon and Seongbuk-cheon streams is standing at a lower completion rate of some 70 due to the delayed ground-breaking, but not a major problem is not in sight, he said.
		Whenever it rained, the water level of the Cheonggyecheon Stream would soar, delaying the construction process during the summer season.
	www.newsworld.co.kr /cont/0502/52.htm (1015 words)

	YONHAP NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yang is suspected of accepting hundreds of millions of won from a local developer early last year when he served as the head of the city administration's task force restoring Cheonggyecheon, a stream that was covered three decades ago to ease traffic congestion and head off flooding.
		A former Seoul National University professor, Yang joined the camp for Lee Byung-bak ahead of the Seoul city mayoral election in 2002 and headed the task force for the Cheonggyecheon project after Lee's election.
		The stream restoration project is one of the most ambitious ventures being undertaken during Lee's tenure.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20050507/610000000020050507230059E1.html (192 words)

	Seoul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The traditional heart of Seoul is the old Joseon Dynasty city, which is now the downtown area, where most palaces, government offices, corporate headquarters, hotels and traditional markets are located.
		This area occupies the valley of Cheonggyecheon (청계천), a stream that runs from west to east through the valley before emptying into the Han River.
		For many years the stream had been covered by concrete but it has recently restored.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Seoul (2541 words)

	Photography: Cheonggyecheon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cheonggyecheon refers to a spectacular reclamation project that runs through the heart of Seoul, Korea.
		And on top of it all the stream bed was found to be a rich archeological "dig".
		Unless the construction is ceased and excavation is fully conducted, the mayor of Seoul city, Myoung-bak Lee cannot but be remembered as a destroyer of the Cheonggyecheon, and relics representing historical city, Seoul."(Kang Chan-suck, Head of Committee of Cultural Inheritance in Cultural Dept.) More here.
	photography.cooltax.net /view.php?id=24194 (543 words)

	:: Allison SooHyun Lee ::
		Ever since Seoul was designated as the capital during the JoSeon Dynasty in 1394, the CheongGyeCheon has not only divided the capital geographically but also has played a symbolic role as political, societal and cultural boundary.
		During the rainy season, many houses were flooded and contagious disease swept over the whole city.The mortality rate of the Seoul population was the highest in the Cheonggyecheon area.
		The simplest solution to the Cheonggyecheon in downtown Seoul that had serious negative influence both on landscape and sanitation was to ‘cover’ it.
	www.arch.mcgill.ca /prof/mellin/arch671/winter2004/student/Lee/assign9.html (724 words)

	KBS GLOBAL NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When Seoul City officials tested the water flow in upstream Cheonggyecheon in July, it was found that the stream could help to cool down the heated center of the city by up to 3.6 degrees Celsius.
		The Cheonggyecheon could serve to cool down the heated center of the city.
		Last June, torrential rains abruptly raised the water level of the Cheonggyecheon, and a shoal of carps was seen going against the stream.
	english.kbs.co.kr /news/zoom/1363486_11781.html (490 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Cheonggyecheon, which means "open stream" in Korean, described the urban stream that once flowed throughout Seoul.
		Under the Japanese occupation, part of Cheonggyecheon was covered to ease the sanitation problems.
		After it was discovered that the covered streams posed a threat to the safety of Seoul's citizens, for gases remained trapped underground, Mayor Lee decided the time was right to uncover a portion of Seoul's natural past.
	www.gsenet.org /newsstnd/rrb.htm (9238 words)

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