{"id":55465,"date":"2017-05-20T05:21:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-garden-bridge-that-works-how-seoul-succeeded-where-london-failed\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T05:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:30:05","slug":"a-garden-bridge-that-works-how-seoul-succeeded-where-london-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-garden-bridge-that-works-how-seoul-succeeded-where-london-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"A garden bridge that works: how Seoul succeeded where London failed"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSeoul\u2019s ambitious Skygarden \u2013 which revives a disused elevated 1970s highway with 24,000 plants \u2013 is openingStop me if you\u2019ve heard this before. The ambitious mayor of a big city backs a project to put a garden on a bridge. A celebrated designer is appointed and seductive images released. It gets compared to the High Line in New York \u2013 that urban phenomenon envied as much by rival cities as the Eiffel Tower once was. It provokes controversy.This much the Skygarden in Seoul has in common with the Garden Bridge in London, but then their stories diverge. Where the London version has foundered, the Korean one will be opened this Saturday by mayor Park Won-soon, a former activist who built his career on opposing both corruption and the conservative establishment, and supporting human rights. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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