tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post3700861866423759502..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: The abandoned peninsulamatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-7058372009076868672009-08-10T18:20:22.602+09:002009-08-10T18:20:22.602+09:00These photos reminded me of some shanty's that...These photos reminded me of some shanty's that used to be located just outside of Chamwan Station. <br /><br />When I lived in Chamwan-dong in the 90's I could never figure out why such valuable property remained as shanties. A couple years ago I checked in on Chamwon-dong; most of the area was now a public park, however a couple of the small buildings and one lean-to were still there. There existence in real estate crazy Seoul continues to puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-42538556655699882642009-08-08T17:44:28.092+09:002009-08-08T17:44:28.092+09:00It's Michelangelo's Pieta.It's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)" rel="nofollow">Michelangelo's Pieta</a>.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-53996875899070351322009-08-07T22:42:59.472+09:002009-08-07T22:42:59.472+09:00So , what do you think about mystery ? What if you...So , what do you think about mystery ? What if you in the past , has sent you a not from the past. What would you think ? What if you sent a note to your future self in the past and you do not remember ? Let's share your idea..<br /><br />http://judithbarnett.blogspot.com/ccasdasdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370401859802611335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-42412570285988145002009-07-25T11:09:43.619+09:002009-07-25T11:09:43.619+09:00Let me know about the pieta. I should go back and ...Let me know about the pieta. I should go back and see if anyone's actually using that church yet.Uncle Tomatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167999096949488855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-91115366727107057292009-07-24T22:17:34.937+09:002009-07-24T22:17:34.937+09:00I've lived Kangseogu(the west of Han-river) fo...I've lived Kangseogu(the west of Han-river) for about 30years but you know well better than me I think.<br />Our house has been around since 1979 when I was 4years old.<br />Most of the houses in my area are reconstructed as four storied houses.<br />And there were some illegally built shacks near my place maybe from before I was born. <br />The ward office removed them last year and built a small park there.<br />It has become a better place to live.<br />Nobody know where the residents have gone. <br />But they recieved the compensation money for leaving from the government according to a rumor. They were lucky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-83291883733272420722009-07-24T13:40:25.846+09:002009-07-24T13:40:25.846+09:00Great photos looks like a real honest to goodness ...Great photos looks like a real honest to goodness ghost town. so when is the rave party?kissmykimchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891635806960413293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-11575745588449078672009-07-24T09:15:18.028+09:002009-07-24T09:15:18.028+09:00Your response just triggered the memory of why I n...Your response just triggered the memory of why I never posted them. I had been thinking I'd taken them with my first "serious" digital camera, a Canon S20 (circa 2001) that gave me constant problems with the battery, but your request caused me to visualize the photographs themselves instead of the actual neighborhood, and now I recall why the photos were bad. <br /><br />Instead of the S20, I used a friend's regular camera, and it turned out that the pictures were discolored, looking pinkish, like you sometimes see colored snapshots from the 1970s (they reminded me of pics of me and my family when we were little). I originally had gotten the camera from my friend so I could take pictures of the cherry blossoms on Main Post, which are quite nice and usually uncrowded, so it might have been April that year, probably in 2005, though it could have been 2004 or 2003. I took someone with me the second time I went there, so I'll see if that person remembers.<br /><br />Anyway, the pictures were not unlike yours, except that the backdrop was Namsan and the high-rises of Ichon-dong. One house in particular that stuck out had roses growing around it. <br /><br />I was actually surprised to see anyone living there, but where could they go? In fact, there were protesters camped out in front of the construction site for a couple years at least <i>after the houses were razed</i>. I should check; they might still be there now. I think some of them got a raw deal — their land was valuable but their houses were not, and in some cases housing ownership might have been murky, I'm not sure. If memory serves, they told me that threatening thugs were sent in at night to scare them into leaving (I heard that <i>somewhere</i> when talking to people in this kind of situation, but I don't remember if it was <i>there</i>). These homes were where there are now four tall lookalike towers, a few hundred meters west of Gate 19 and Ichon Station. <br /><br />WORD VERIFICATION: brebaseskushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-28556907076664894312009-07-24T07:33:20.753+09:002009-07-24T07:33:20.753+09:00Nice photos. It is easy to forget about these lit...Nice photos. It is easy to forget about these little spots around Seoul and how they are slowly vanishing as we speak.Shin Guhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386292755162394889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-79297983161122954302009-07-24T04:51:32.665+09:002009-07-24T04:51:32.665+09:00Nice photos, Uncle Tomato. It's a pretty bizar...Nice photos, Uncle Tomato. It's a pretty bizarre juxtaposition, the temple and the unfinished apartments. I like the house with the tiles and stone walls, and the green of that metal gate. The pieta in front of the church is based on a famous sculpture, but I can't remember which.<br /><br />Kushibo, some of those stories are pretty sad. One old woman I talked to in Gindeung Maeul didn't want to leave and said, "I guess I'm just supposed to die, then." I'd be curious to see the photos of that neighbourhood.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-41008485747260784712009-07-23T19:00:47.500+09:002009-07-23T19:00:47.500+09:00I tried to document the destruction of the neighbo...I tried to document the destruction of the neighborhood near Gate 19 of Yongsan Garrison a few years back. A resident came out, thinking for some reason that I was from the BBC, and begged me to get out their story of how they were being forced out of their homes (very few people were left, though). It was quite sad.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-6504403660891553802009-07-23T18:05:47.821+09:002009-07-23T18:05:47.821+09:00I took some similar photos in my area down Yongin
...I took some similar photos in my area down Yongin<br /><br />http://mybleedingnose.blogspot.com/search/label/YonginUncle Tomatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167999096949488855noreply@blogger.com