[KS] Photographs of Cheongyecheon in 1965, and other Seoul scenes

[don kirk]

Thanks for these -- really interesting. Hard to believe Cheongyecheon was like that. Looks like sights I've seen in Manila.
Best,
Don

--- On Fri, 3/5/10, Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com> wrote:

From: Afostercarter at aol.com <Afostercarter at aol.com>
Subject: [KS] Photographs of Cheongyecheon in 1965, and other Seoul scenes
To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Date: Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:57 AM



 

Apologies to those on the ASCK and BAKS lists for 
cross-posting. 
 
Dear friends and colleagues,

 
Sorry if this is old hat. But some 
remarkable photographs of 

an impoverished Cheongyecheon in 1965 - and a wealth of
other images of Seoul in the 1950s-70s - can be found here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=611726&page=4
 

Many thanks to Tom Coyner and Alan 
Timblick for the link.
 
Already by 1982, when I first visited, there were 
no
scenes remotely resembling this. The 
extraordinary
pace of change in modern South Korea may be a cliché ,
but so stark a visual reminder can still make you 
gasp.
 
Belated Samil greetings to one and all,
 
Aidan
 

Aidan Foster-Carter 
Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology 
& Modern Korea, Leeds University, UK 
 
  
Flat 1, 40 Magdalen Road, 
Exeter, Devon, EX2 4TE, England, UK 
T: (+44, no 0)    07970 741307 (mobile);   01392 257753       Skype: Aidan.Foster.CarterE: afostercarter at aol.com,     afostercarter at yahoo.com            W: www.aidanfc.net
 
 
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