Given that my visit to Sindap coincided with Seollal, coming out of the station’s one exit reminded me a bit of the scene in Westerns when the protagonist steps out of the saloon onto an empty street, the only things a’stirrin’ bein’ tumbleweeds an’ dust. And, OK, my imagination is getting away with me and…
Put on your varsity jacket and turn on your Vampire Weekend, we’re going back to school. Quite obviously, Hanyang University Station serves the campus of Hanyang University (한양대학교). Founded in 1939 as the Dong-A Engineering Institute, Hanyang is one of Korea’s top schools and home to its most prestigious engineering program. Exit 1 will drop…
Seoul Sub→urban would like to thank Meagan Mastriani for inviting us to and showing me around her work neighborhood of Wangsimni. Meagan writes about food, mostly, and you can check out her take on the local dining scene at her column, Savoring Seoul, in the online magazine Honest Cooking. I met Meagan on a recent…
A good portion of Seongsam-gil (성삼길) running north from Exit 2 is lined with auto mechanics – grease and tools, garage doors open to the street. At the end of the road, fronting the T-junction with Gwangnaru-gil (광나루길), another type of reconstruction is the focus at the Korean Dental Association (치과의사회관). But with flawless teeth…
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