By Don Southerton, Songdo IBD CityTalk Editor and Chief Blogger
At the heart of Songdo IBD is Central Park. Like New York City, the park will provide city dwellers with a wonderful haven. (See Chris Steiner’s $20 Per Gallon for his thoughts on Songdo IBD’s Central Park, too)
Korea Times notes.
The Songdo Central Park, located in the newly built city 30 kilometer west of Seoul, has begun filling its canal with 85,500 tons of seawater, Gale International Korea, co-developer of the city, said in an emailed statement yesterday.
The seawater is purified through a double filter and will prevent canal from freezing in the winter. The method will enable water taxis to operate year around, it added.
A 1.8-kilometer-long canal that run through the 100 acre park in the heart of the international business district is deisnged to incorporate many environmentally sustainable benefits in Korea, according to the U.S.-based developer. To maintain the water quality, the canal will be refreshed every 24 hours,
Canal and Park are amazing. My hotel room looks out over both and I walk the park every morning( and do some martial arts, too).