[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 2nd that the only senior citizen-exclusive theater in Seoul, the ‘Hollywood Theater’, the ‘Foggy Jangchungdan Park’ which sings the quiet scenery of Namsan foothills, and the ‘Seoul Express Bus Terminal’ which captures the lifestyle of Seoul citizens during the great national migration every holiday, have been selected as the Future Heritage of August.
The ‘Hollywood Theater’ is a theater that opened on the 4th floor of Nakwon Arcade in August 1969. Renovated into a multiplex in 1997, the Hollywood Theater functioned as one of the top 10 premiere theaters in Seoul and was selected as a Future Heritage in 2013 for representing the history of cinema in the Jongno and Chungmuro areas.
‘Foggy Jangchungdan Park’, composed by Bae Sang-tae and written by Choi Chi-soo, was released in August 1967 with the husky voice of singer Bae Ho. This song, a representative hit of the 1960s and 70s, expresses the quiet scenery of Jangchungdan Park located at the foot of Namsan in Seoul and was selected as a Future Heritage in 2017.
The ‘Seoul Express Bus Terminal’ is a comprehensive terminal established to alleviate the concentration of the city center inside the Four Great Gates. This place is the central point of the homecoming and return journeys, described as the ‘great national migration’ every year, capturing the lifestyle of Seoul citizens, and was selected as a Future Heritage in 2013.
Card news and interesting readings related to this month’s Future Heritage can be found on the ‘Future Heritage of the Month’ board on the Seoul Future Heritage website, as well as on Seoul Future Heritage’s Instagram and Facebook.
Baek Woon-seok, Director of the Cultural Policy Division, said, "We hope that the monthly introduction of the ‘Future Heritage of the Month’ will serve as an opportunity to reflect on the precious treasures around us."
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