As those of you who regularly follow the blog have no doubt noticed, we’ve been pretty lax about posting recently. Sorry about that, but we have a pretty good reason. In what’s probably the most exciting development of this project to date, the two of us have signed a deal with Seoul Selection to produce…
The further east you go along the Cheonggye Stream (청계천) the more the engineering of its western end gets stripped away and the more you’re able to step into its past. The process culminates in the Cheong Gye Cheon Museum (청계천문화관) and Cheonggye Stream Shack (청계천 판잣집), close to where the stream begins its southerly…
The two of us were interviewed by the lovely (and fellow UW alum!) Julia Bass at Chincha?!진짜?! web magazine for their blog of the week column. We talk about some of our favorite stops, our methodology, and just why on earth we wound up in Korea. You can check out the interview here. Thanks Julia!
We’re happy to announce that now, not only can you read Seoul Sub→urban, once again you can listen to it! Tune in to Weekend Edition with Walter Foreman on TBS eFM 101.3 at 10 a.m. every Sunday, and right after the intro you can catch our segment, titled, appropriately enough, Seoul Sub→urban. We’ll be talking about the areas around various…
Not to be confused with next door Dobongsan, Dobong Station sits perched on concrete pillars above Dobong-ro (도봉로). Below the tracks is an arcade lined with small restaurants, and due west a handful of apartment towers line up like dominoes. I started on that side of the station, crossing the street from Exit 2. Shops…
Seoul Sub→urban 