Creation of a Mural on the Wall of Guro Vehicle Depot

Total Area of 260㎡ ... Featuring Symbolic Images of 'Communication?Consideration?Harmony'

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] “A renewed alleyway, let's walk together!”

Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) has redecorated the bleak walls of the Guro Vehicle Depot with bright and vibrant murals.

On the 27th, Guro-gu announced that it recently completed the mural painting project on the walls along the alleyway on the south side of the Guro Vehicle Depot (around 685-522 Guro-dong) to create a safe and walkable path.

Through this mural project, the dull walls covering a total area of 260㎡, with a length of 118m and a height ranging from 1.9m to 2.25m, have been transformed into bright large-scale artworks.

The murals use bright colors and depict images symbolizing ‘communication, consideration, and harmony’ such as hearts, people, pigeons, and flowers, along with phrases using the endings ‘gu’ and ‘ro’ from Guro-gu’s name: “Neohagu Saranghagirro” (Let's love together), “Neohagu Haengbokhagiro” (Let's be happy together), and “Neohagu Hamkkehagiro” (Let's be together).

This project area is part of the Guro Olle Trail course and is used by residents as a walking path. However, the long gray cement walls had created a gloomy atmosphere.

To improve this, residents united under the project titled “Ensuring Resident Safety through Crime-Free Alleyways” and applied for the Guro-gu Resident Participatory Budget project, where it was selected.

The Resident Participatory Budget project is a system where residents directly participate in the budgeting process to enhance transparency and fairness in local financial management and to ensure democracy and accountability in budget usage.

A Guro-gu official stated, “This project was completed with residents participating in every step from proposal to mural design decision,” and added, “We hope this alleyway overflows with communication, consideration, harmony, love, and happiness.”

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