Daylighting (streams)
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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
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.
Cheonggyecheon
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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
Daylighting (streams)
…fully resurfacing in places like Seseragi Park, where aquatic life such as crayfish and turtles is now commonly observed. In Seoul, which buried the Cheonggyecheon creek during the city's 1960s boom, an artificial waterway and adjoining parks have been built atop it. Mayor Lee Myung Bak, formerly a construction…
Cheonggyecheon at sunrise
Cheonggyecheon in 1904
Cheonggyecheon under restoration in 2005
Shortly after reopening in 2005.