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What happens when you remove a highway to restore a stream that had been buried underneath

The Cheonggyecheon stream restoration project in Korea. Got the screenshot from this walk: Seoul Night Walk From Dongguk University to City Hall | Walking Tour 4K HDR - YouTube

Context about it : They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better) - YouTube

Not gonna lie Korea has some nice vibes to it.

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Sometimes I love people. Looks beautiful.
Some more pics for you guys.
Context about it : They Tore Down a Highway and Made it a River (and traffic got better) - YouTube
The Universal Law of Cities: The more car-friendly a place is, the shittier it is to be there.
I go there a lot. It's truly amazing.
Brick walled canals is not a restored waterway.
- Either way, it's better than having a highway.
- It is on the top side
That looks so incredibly comfy.
Hate to burst anyone's bubble, but from what I saw this is probably for flood control.
*Confirmed, is flood control.
- How is that a bad thing? Still looks like a good place for community meetups and is one less road. Gotta take the silver linings where you can. It’s not like it’s flooded all the time.
  
  I know right? Like...
  Stop enjoying this purely functional flood control channel, you crazy people!!?!
- There's no bubble to pop here, it's a riverside park that double as a flood mitigation canal.
  Take for example, Bishan Park in Singapore
  The left one is before they turn it into a park, it's purely for flood mitigation. Then they turn it into a park that would flood in heavy rain. Cheonggyecheon is basically that.
  
  Other way around.
- So are most public bodies of water. Watersheds play a huge role in both flood management and public nature/wildlife areas and education. Either way it's 1000x better for everyone than a highway.
- Nope, it's truly multifaceted
  https://www.archdaily.com/1020945/re-naturalization-of-urban-waterways-the-case-study-of-cheonggye-stream-in-seoul-south-korea

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