Social Affairs
Seoul unveils city’s first highway-turned-park
April 25, 2017
Modelled after New York’s iconic High Line, Seoul’s soon-to-open elevated park will bring visual and spatial respite to busy city life, with a stretch of greenery, cafes and street markets, the city government said Tuesday. Opening part of the “Seoullo 7017” on Tuesday, ahead of the official opening in May, Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon on Tuesday described the urban sky park as a place where “nature and humans can live side by side.”Pictured is the Seoul Road 7017 in front of Seoul Station, an over