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Metropolis From Scratch

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Seth Brown
20 April 2005 - 6:00am

In South Korea, construction teams are at work on an entirely new city for international business that is expected to have half a million residents within 5 years.

The future location of New Songdo City lies on a landfill island 40 miles from Seoul. This 1,500-acre project – about the size of midtown Manhattan – will be the premier location for multinational firms to headquarter their Northeast Asian operations. The city is expected to hit half a million people by 2010, evenly divided between Koreans and expats.

Full Story: Metropolis from Scratch: South Korea's New Songdo City
Source: The Next American City, April 18, 2005
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