Tasks Remaining After Restoration🫟

I visited an exhibition at the Cheonggyecheon Museum that focused on the tasks left behind after the restoration of Cheonggyecheon. The exhibition not only highlighted the positive changes brought about by the restoration, which allowed the stream to flow through the city once again, but also addressed various challenges that still need to be resolved.🔮

Issues such as water quality management, ecosystem restoration, and balanced development of surrounding areas were presented with specific data and examples. This emphasized the importance of ongoing efforts for a sustainable Cheonggyecheon, showing that restoration is not the end but a continuous process. It was a meaningful exhibition that made me reflect on the direction we should take to harmonize urban life with nature.🌿

📍The following is a translated explanation:

The Cheonggyecheon restoration project achieved many accomplishments, such as the removal of aging structures, the creation of urban waterfront spaces, improvement of air quality, enhancement of urban landscapes, and revitalization of land use in areas along the stream. However, restoring Cheonggyecheon, which originally functioned as a main sewer, to its natural and historical state was fundamentally impossible, especially after the stream's width had been significantly reduced due to covering.

Despite this, the city of Seoul promoted the restoration project under the banner of ecological recovery and historical heritage restoration, which garnered high social expectations and demands. However, the actual outcomes inevitably fell short of these slogans. Excessive maintenance costs due to the supply of Han River water, water pollution caused by sewage inflow during rainfall, inconvenience for pedestrians and lack of accessibility, and insufficient restoration of historical and cultural heritage remain as unresolved challenges for the future.

Post by 에메랄드 바다 | Oct 8, 2025