New Songdo City (IFEZ - Incheon Free Economic Zone)

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Now, I've seen some Seoul maps as well as some Korean buildings here on Simtropolis, but I think the exposure to Korean topics are limited here. I doubt that not many people have heard of the IFEZ or New Songdo City, even though most may know about Seoul, or even Incheon. Well, currently they are developing a HUGE area in the sea as a reclaimation project and they are planning on developing that as a business hub. I haven't been checking the news too often but I believe they are alost done with phase 1 and will complete the whole city in 2015 or so. The reason why I'm posting this is because this is like the city builder's dream. If Dubai is a city risen out of the desert, this would be the Korean equivalent of that from the sea.

Here is a post on skyscrapercity forums with many pictures: https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/index.php?topic=1200.0

This city is being built with infrastructure provided by Cisco and will be one of the most advanced cities in the world, only possible by being able to plan the entire city from scratch. On the northwest of the city is the Incheon International Airport which has been rated among the top 3 best airports year after year since its completion. The airport itself is built apun a small island west of Incheon and Seoul and is linked with a bridge, and opening this week is the Incheon Grand Bridge that links Songdo with this airport which is the 7th longest bridge in the world. New businesses are building state of the art, and archetecurally magnificiant buildings on the land and I myself cannot wait till this is completed (hopefully I'l have money by then to visit). If you are a lot designer or map maker, I highly recommend doing some research on this as there are some beautiful buildings and interesting city building concepts are being applied. There will be artifical canals, and a central park in the city as well. If you go to the post there are also pics of buildings, proposed buildings, zoning information, street layout and more! The best thing about this, is that it isn't some dream or concept, but it is actually being built right now, and all things are real. Its like as if you've zoned everything in sim city, and clicking the 3x speed button and see everything pop up all at once!