Housing Hopscotch In Modern Seoul; Building for a People on the Move Series Number: 2/2

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 31, 1988| Author: | Copyright information

"This is where every Korean housewife would like to live," said architect Kim Won, an affable, knowledgeable guide. We were walking on a curving road in Songbuk-dong, a neighborhood in Seoul's northern hills, having disembarked momentarily from a car to take advantage of the spectacular view-the city sprawled below, edging up innumerable hillsides and, in a distant haze, the regular rows of new apartment blocks on the south side of the Han River.

All around were the neat, new, walled mansions of the rich-retired generals, corporate executives, landowners, high rollers, entrepreneurs. The ...

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