1st Corps Blvd, the photo spot during cherry blossom
Contributor: Tara Popp
When I grew older I began to see that Yongsan Garrison is home to a massive collection of trees and plants. The cherry blossom trees in particular grabbed my attention
YONGSAN GARRISON TO BECOME HISTORIC PARK, EVENTUALLY
Contributor: Nate Rafferty for 10 magazine
So for the time being Yongsan Garrison remains a mystery. ….For now, the public can only to continue to wonder: Yongsan Legacy hopes that the park it will be a “mirror,” in which Koreans will see whatever meaning they need to see. It’s an ambiguous explanation for an ambiguous space, that continues to occupy an ambiguous place in the minds of Koreans and expats alike.
National Park or Public Housing Estate – Yongsan Garrison land
Contributor: Yongsan Legacy Team
The Republic of Korea is a free country, people say what they wanted to say. The 2.43 square kilometers (600 acres) of Yongsan Garrison land,…
“If I recognize this map?”
Contributor: Nam SangSo and Yongsan Legacy Team
The blue print showing the west area of the Main Post Yongsan Garrison was one of the hundreds of topographic maps plotted by the engineers and surveyors of Trans-Asia Engineering Associates, Inc. (TAE). It had been performed some time in late 1959 and early 1960.
Topic: architecture, construction, Education, Engineering, Landscape, Mapping, People, photography, Yongsan Legacy
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Yongsan land after US Forces are relocated
Contributor: Nam SangSo
When Korean government announced that the United States and Korea agreed in 2003 to relocate the U.S. Army Yongsan Garrison to Camp Humphreys by the end of the year 2017, and the Yongsan land will be developed to a large park, larger than London’s Hyde Park, many Seoul citizens not only overjoyed with the good news …