A bowl of poured concrete

"On hazy days, this city looks like nothing as much as a bowl of poured concrete topped by a noxious yellow cloud. The surrounding mountainsides have been blasted away to build grim slabs of high-rise apartments with the names of the conglomerates Samsung or Hyundai stamped on the sides."

I couldn't agree more.

This quote is from an interesting article on the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's web site (of all places!) Apparently Seoul's mayor is trying to rehabilitate the city's image with an ambitious plan to green the city, including a scheme to turn the Yongsan Garrison land into Seoul's version of Central Park. I say more power to him! Seoul needs all the green space it can get.