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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: department store collapsed...... |
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Someone in my office just said an unfinished department store collapsed in Gangnam and a couple people died. I said that it's better that it happened now rather than later.
Was anyone here in 95 when that other department store collapsed with 1500 people inside? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I was here then. Remember it well, I had a class in the apartments right next to where it was. Had to walk past the mourning families that were gathered in the parking lot that week. Sad time............ |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I've watched Koreans and their construction methods and I wouldn't want to put my eggs in their basket. There is almost zero oversight by inspectors and their attention to detail is amazingly lacking. From pouring concrete in the rain to uneven steps in the stairwell, it's no suprise to me that something like this could happen. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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My wife was down the street from Sampoong when it collapsed. A large number of her schoolmates died in that disaster.
It really looks like Nasan was under demolition. The rooftop doesn't look like it did when I was up there. In some pictures, you can see an excavator, which is a common demolition technique in Korea when there are too many other buildings around.
Here's another shot of that in action, this one next to the Hangook Ilbo downtown.
http://www.daehanmindecline.com/digital/20070902uer/66.JPG |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Why did it close in the first place? |
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victorology
Joined: 10 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| I just walked by... they were tearing the department store down. I live nearby and it's been abandoned ever since i moved here. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| Why did it close in the first place? |
According to notes I made several months ago, the owner corporation went bankrupt. It was closed in December 1999, and keeping in mind this is Gangnam, one of the more expensive parts of the city, that's some expensive real estate that nothing's being done with for a long time. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| Anyone have any background on Megatro in Gwangju? It's been incomplete since at least 1995... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| Anyone have any background on Megatro in Gwangju? It's been incomplete since at least 1995... |
There are many, many incomplete construction projects in this country. Got any pictures about it or any websites at all?
And are you sure it's spelt Megatro? |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:05 am Post subject: Re: department store collapsed...... |
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| hagwonnewbie wrote: |
Someone in my office just said an unfinished department store collapsed in Gangnam and a couple people died. I said that it's better that it happened now rather than later.
Was anyone here in 95 when that other department store collapsed with 1500 people inside? |
I was here in 95 when the department store crashed. I remember them pulling out people that were still alive a couple weeks after the accident. |
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Pooty
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Location: Ela stin agalia mou
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: Re: department store collapsed...... |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| hagwonnewbie wrote: |
Someone in my office just said an unfinished department store collapsed in Gangnam and a couple people died. I said that it's better that it happened now rather than later.
Was anyone here in 95 when that other department store collapsed with 1500 people inside? |
I was here in 95 when the department store crashed. I remember them pulling out people that were still alive a couple weeks after the accident. |
Do you remember the girl that survived the collapse? She was on national TV and when she woke up in the hospital, the first thing she asked for was a coke. Coca-cola wanted her to do it in a commercial, but she never did it. |
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skdragon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: Re: department store collapsed...... |
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| hagwonnewbie wrote: |
| I was here in 95 when the department store crashed. I remember them pulling out people that were still alive a couple weeks after the accident. |
Yeah, I remember that too. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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OP,
so are you talking about Sampoong, or did yet another Dept. fall down? |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Most of the the department stores that were never completed are there because the developers went bankrupt during the Asian Financial Crisis. |
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