Gangpul Cartoon Street... Gangdong Residents Directly Create a 'Cultural Street to Walk'

Implementation Design in 2020 and Construction Promotion in 2021 through the Resident Agreement Project

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon) is set to officially begin a landscape improvement project to transform Gangpul Manhwa Street into a cultural street where people want to walk.

Gangpul Manhwa Street is a "comic-themed street" decorated with about 50 murals depicting iconic scenes from Gangpul's comics, located in the area of Cheonho-daero 168-gil in Seongnae-dong, which was once densely packed with old houses.

After being selected as a target site for Seoul City's 2020 landscape improvement project last year, the project officially started in January this year and will be developed over two years until December next year into a "cultural street people want to walk."

As the first phase, in 2020, the first year of the project, the district will carry out a detailed design service for the "Gangpul Manhwa Street Landscape Improvement Project." This service will cover an area of 132,376㎡ around Cheonho-daero 168ga-gil to widely promote Gangpul Manhwa Street and develop it into a cultural street linked with Gangdong-gu's local tourism resources.

Since 2013, Gangdong-gu has been improving the alley environment of the residential area of general houses in Seongnae-dong and providing community spaces for residents, supporting startup spaces for young people and workspaces for young artists. As a result, Seongnae-dong's Gangpul Manhwa Street has seen an annual visitor increase rate of 140%, with a growing floating population and an increase in new young workshops, revitalizing the alley commercial district.

To sustain these changes and elevate the brand value of Gangpul Manhwa Street, the district will conduct a detailed design service by October this year through an urban planning specialized institution, linked with the results of the basic plan for revitalizing Gangpul Manhwa Street completed in March last year. Based on the results of this service, construction will proceed in 2021 to create a pedestrian-centered, pleasant, and attractive landscape.

In particular, this project is promoted as an agreement project where landowners in the area sign agreements and establish an operating committee to improve the landscape reflecting the village's unique characteristics and residents' lifestyles, funded through resources secured from Seoul City's public contest projects.

Lee Jeong-hoon, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, stated, "As a policy of the 7th local government, we are focusing on urban landscape improvement projects to enhance residents' quality of life," and added, "We will strive to make this a pioneering project where residents directly participate to improve the local living environment."

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