Cheonggyecheon is a 10.9-kilometre-long stream and public space in downtown Seoul, South Korea. A natural stream sourced from the Suseongdong Valley in Inwangsan, it was historically maintained as par
Cheonggyecheon at sunrise
Cheonggyecheon under restoration in 2005
Shortly after reopening in 2005.
Daylighting is the opening up and restoration of a previously buried watercourse, one which had at some point been diverted below ground. Typically, the rationale behind returning the riparian environ
Cheonggyecheon
…Rivers of Korea Daylighting, the process of revealing rivers which have previously been covered over as part of urban development Seoul Peace Market…
The daylighted Saw Mill River in Getty Square, Yonkers, New York, had been covered by a parking lot.
A short stretch of Lower Marin Creek in UC Village in Albany, California, has been daylighted.
The historic stream network in Vancouver, B.C.
Hastings Creek restored at Creekway Park, Vancouver, B.C.