Incheon’s Bukseong Pier (북성포구) is a pilgrimage site for Korean nighttime photographers. At one time, Bukseong Pier was home to a major fish market and, accordingly, a pretty busy place. In the 1980s, however, most of the action moved elsewhere, and the area fell into decline. It’s still got a massive timber mill, though, and [...]
Since I was a little kid, I’ve loved bridges. I suppose growing up in Long Island has much to do with this. Long Island, after all, is the kingdom Robert Moses built, and New York City, of course, has the greatest collection of bridges of any city in the world. Korea, too, has its share [...]
Here’s a snap of Incheon’s Songdo IBD, a feature story on which will appear in the June issue of SEOUL, which will hit the stands next week. Oh, and if you’re thinking of shooting these kinds of shots of Incheon Bridge, be warned that they don’t light it up at night anymore, apparently. An energy-saving [...]
Last weekend, I finally got a chance to check out Songdo New City, a massive new international business district being developed on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land off Incheon. Architecturally, it has the potential to be really spectacular, with Kohn Pedersen Fox’s masterplan highlighted by the 68-floor Northeast Asia Trade Tower (seen above) and the [...]