Building 4468 renovation
Contributor: Tim Mitchell
In 2005, Mr. Tim Mitchell (former Food and Beverage Director at Dragon Hill Lodge) and his family decided to have their home renovated. As soon…
Daughter found her father on Yongsanlegacy.org
Contributor: Mr. Nam SangSo
My name is Daphne Cheesman. I googled my father and came across an article about my father on yongsanlegacy.org. I would very much like to communicate with you. Sincerely, Daphne.
Memories of Quonset huts
Contributor: Nam Sang-so
Quonset hut is a lightweight prefabricated structure of corrugated galvanize steel having a semicircular cross-section. The name comes from the site of their first manufacture at Quonset Point in Rhode Island.
The construction of Namsan Tower brought us to Yongsan Garrison
Contributor: Michael Nicolay
On a school (SAHS) field-trip I walked into N. Korea … !
Price of the land left behind by United Nations Command
Contributor: Yongsan Legacy Team
The flat tract which is left behind by the United Nations Command in Itaewon, Yongsan-gu, Seoul was sold to an individual housing developer at an…
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,…
Gifford Cheesman at Building 1510, Yongsan Garrison
Contributor: Mr Nam Sang So
Gifford Cheesman, a native of Surrey, England, first came to Korea with his father in 1931. He was 23 years old. His father was a…
“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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Giant step forward international design/construction bidding
Contributor: Nam SangSo
The landscape architects for the new Yongsan Park, I hope, will notice that the Building 1510 on main post exists with the great legacies of the pioneer American and Korean architects and engineers during the reconstruction era after the Korean War.
Topic: construction, Engineering
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