# Seoullo 7017

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Elevated park in Seoul, South Korea

Seoullo 7017 The park, on top of the bridge structure (2017) Interactive map of Seoullo 7017 Location Seoul, South Korea Coordinates 37°33′25″N 126°58′29″E / 37.556978°N 126.974766°E / 37.556978; 126.974766 Public transit Subway Line 1/4/Gyeongui-Jungang Line/AREX, Seoul Station, Exits Exit 7

**Seoullo 7017** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 서울로 7017), also known as the **Seoul Skygarden** or **Skypark**, is an [elevated](/source/Elevated_park) [linear park](/source/Linear_park) in [Seoul](/source/Seoul), built atop a former highway overpass (Seoul Station Overpass, [Korean](/source/Korean_language): 서울역고가도로). The path, which is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) in length and lined with 24,000 plants, is similar to New York City's [High Line](/source/High_Line). Skygarden was designed by [MVRDV](/source/MVRDV), a Dutch firm, and opened in May 2017.[1] The path also improves walking times around [Seoul Station](/source/Seoul_Station).[2]

The disused overpass closed in 2015 and cuts diagonally across Seoul Station at 17 metres (56 ft) above street level.[3] The "70" in the name comes from 1970, the year the flyover was dedicated, while the "17" is a reference to both the number of walkways connected to it and its opening in 2017.[4] The park includes gardens, terraces, and exhibitions, and was promised to "feature over 24,085 plants representing 228 species of trees, shrubs and flowers found in and outside Korea."[5]

## History

In the 1960s, a decade after the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War), Seoul constructed dozens of elevated highways to keep traffic flowing through the capital. Over time, the overpasses came to be seen as a blight on the landscape, and their “deteriorating condition posed a safety risk."[6] As they were gradually removed, city planners began to repurpose some as pedestrian green spaces. Seoul mayor [Park Won-soon](/source/Park_Won-soon) pushed for the US$52 million skypark to be completed as a complement to Seoul's [Cheonggyecheon](/source/Cheonggyecheon) Stream restoration project, organized under previous mayor [Lee Myung-bak](/source/Lee_Myung-bak).[3]

The park's plans faced early controversy over fears of traffic congestion and concerns from market owners in nearby [Namdaemun.](/source/Namdaemun_Market)[3]

## Location

The Skypark begins at [Malli-dong](/source/Malli-dong) and continues northeast past Seoul Station, ending 1,024 meters later near [Namdemun](/source/Namdaemun) at [Hoehyeon Station](/source/Hoehyeon_Station). The park is visible from Seoul Station but the nearest stairway is across the street from the front of the station, or subway exit 1 of the [Seoul Metro](/source/Seoul_Metropolitan_Subway).[6]

## Gallery

## See also

- [High Line](/source/High_Line)

- [Bloomingdale Trail](/source/Bloomingdale_Trail)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Time_blurb_1-0)** Zorthian, Julia (1 June 2017). ["Seoul's Garden In the Sky"](https://time.com/4800807/seouls-garden-in-the-sky/). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SMH_rival_2-0)** Rule, Dan (14 May 2015). ["Seoul Skygarden set to rival New York's High Line"](http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/seoul-skygarden-set-to-rival-new-yorks-high-line-20150514-gh1fpe.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto1_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-auto1_3-2) hermes (20 May 2017). ["Say hello to Seoul's new sky park"](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/say-hello-to-new-sky-park-seoullo). *The Straits Times*. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["\[Provincial News\] Seoullo 7017, overpass-turned-park, to open in May"](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/04/281_228309.html). *[The Korea Times](/source/The_Korea_Times)*. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Seoul unveils city's first highway-turned-park"](http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170425000842). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WP_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WP_6-1) ["Seoul, a city 'with no soul,' builds its own High Line on an old overpass"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/seoul-a-city-with-no-soulbuilds-its-own-high-line-on-an-old-overpass/2017/05/14/6b398ae6-3684-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_story.html). *Washington Post*. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Seoullo 7017](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seoullo_7017).

- Moore, Rowan (19 May 2017). ["A garden bridge that works: how Seoul succeeded where London failed"](https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/may/19/seoul-skygarden-south-korea-london-garden-bridge). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077).

- Perry, Francesca (15 May 2015). ["Seoul's Skygarden: the High Line of South Korea?"](https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/15/seoul-skygarden-high-line-south-korea). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0261-3077](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077).

- Street, Francesca (8 August 2016). ["This urban 'sky garden' could revolutionize Seoul"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160808133930/http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/08/technology/seoul-skygarden/index.html). *CNNMoney*. Archived from [the original](https://money.cnn.com/2016/08/08/technology/seoul-skygarden/index.html) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

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