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idididsh · #1 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 10:24 AM**

Construction Start-2007.2
Complete Year-2010
Development Company-Songdo International City Corporation(NSIC),International Free Economic Zone(IFEZ) Corporation

idididsh · #2 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 10:26 AM**

2007.8

idididsh · #3 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 10:28 AM**

2007.10

http://www.ifez.go.kr/

idididsh · #4 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 10:34 AM**

Songdo International City-2007.10

Fabb · #5 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 12:53 PM**

An almost exactly thousand footer. And good looking too !
I'll enjoy watching it rise.

Rise To The Top · #6 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 5:58 PM**

Only if it had a complementing skyline. Would look soo much better.

Fabb · #7 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 6:06 PM**

The lack of a skyline may be temporary. But the eleven-lane highway is here to stay. That's not exactly pedestrian friendly.

wsxyz · #8 Posted **Oct 13, 2007, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Fabb

The lack of a skyline may be temporary. But the eleven-lane highway is here to stay. That's not exactly pedestrian friendly.

Nonetheless Seoul is full of such roads and people cross them on foot.

idididsh · #9 Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 11:37 AM**

2007.11

idididsh · #10 Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 11:39 AM**

www.ifez.go.kr

Bergenser · #11 Posted **Nov 17, 2007, 12:02 PM**

Modern & Nice.

idididsh · #12 Posted **Nov 19, 2007, 1:26 AM**

www.ifez.go.kr

idididsh · #13 Posted **Dec 2, 2007, 9:19 AM**

2007.11.29

Fabb · #14 Posted **Dec 2, 2007, 3:51 PM**

Is this satellite city well connected to the center of Seoul ?

zimfar · #15 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 10:25 AM**

^It is directly connected to central Seoul via line 1 of the Korail system.

Jaroslaw · #16 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 2:04 PM**

Are you sure? Songdo is being built on newly reclaimed land...

wsxyz · #17 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 3:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jaroslaw

Are you sure? Songdo is being built on newly reclaimed land...

The website claims that a rail line is under construction. That makes more sense than a claim that it is already connected.

The Incheon airport was opened in 2001, but the rail connection to Seoul is still not complete. (A quick web search indicates that you can now take a train to Gimpo airport and then switch to the subway, but the direct line to Seoul's main station is still unfinished).

However Korea is not Europe or America and there are other alternatives. Express buses are cheaper (and often faster) than the train and a dense network of bus routes running on regular schedules covers most of Korea. You can be sure that as soon as a road is available, there will be regular express bus service to Songdo.

The main problem with express bus service in Korea is that you never know how long the driver was out carousing last night.

Complex01 · #18 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 4:35 PM**

Nice looking tower...

ArchMadness · #19 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 4:39 PM**

What's the building next to it with the spiffy roof. A shopping mall?

Jaroslaw · #20 Posted **Dec 3, 2007, 4:45 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by wsxyz

The website claims that a rail line is under construction. That makes more sense than a claim that it is already connected.

The Incheon airport was opened in 2001, but the rail connection to Seoul is still not complete. (A quick web search indicates that you can now take a train to Gimpo airport and then switch to the subway, but the direct line to Seoul's main station is still unfinished).

The AREX line from the new airport to Kimpo and downtown doesn't go anywhere near Songdo...