U-Square: More Than a Terminal
Written and photographed by Marley Heckner Originally published February 2016 #168 I am sure that everyone who lives in Gwangju has at least heard of the U-Square Gwancheon Bus … Read More
Category: Lost in Gwangju/Honam
That Other Creepy Gwangju Hospital
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Gwangju is home to interesting eyesores of various sizes and vintages. Among them, few are larger, older, and have a better story to tell … Read More
Mudeung Park Land: The Little Amusement Park That Couldn’t
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters If you’ve ever taken Gwangju’s pleasant ski lift or acrophobia-inspiring monorail, then you might have noticed a derelict clutch of buildings nestled along … Read More
Gwangju’s Orphaned Art
Written and photographed by Ryan Berkebile As I stroll through a residential street in downtown Gwangju, I notice someone’s unfinished painting of a motorcycle. One tire has been painted in, … Read More
Strange Bedfellows at Punghyang Inn
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Stagnating somewhere in Gwangju’s Punghyang-dong is a time-warped dormitory with an odd twist. From the outside, the abandoned red brick inn with white-trimmed windows … Read More
The Yang-dong Bookmaker’s House
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters Gwangju’s Yang-dong neighborhood is a lot like a time capsule. The market there provides a multisensory trip down memory lane (especially where they … Read More
Inside Honam University’s Ssangchon Campus
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters If you’ve recently been to the immigration office in Gwangju’s Ssangchon-dong, then you may have had a moment (or if the clerks were … Read More
Death of the Doctor’s Hanok
Written and photographed by Isaiah Winters In the decades-long scramble to modernize, much of South Korea’s recent past has been razed with incredible haste. Today, the bulldozing of history … Read More