Geumcheon & Guro · Places we remember
Geumcheon-gu & Guro-gu: 100 old photos
The road the bus took. The alley that led home. Places so ordinary we never expected to see them in an archive. Follow a hundred photographs back toward the neighborhood you remember.
Step into the first alley1960s · A home at the end of the dirt road
Low eaves and paths beside the fields. These older views of the city hold traces of people making homes and building a neighborhood.
Neighbors by a tiled-roof house
People gather beside a tiled-roof house in Siheung-dong in the 1960s. Adults wearing hats bend over at the edge of the road, while children stand nearby. The low wall and space outside the house meet the main road directly, showing how homes bordered the street.
A tree-lined road in Siheung
Low houses line a tree-lined road in Siheung-dong in the 1960s. A ditch and hollow blocks run along the roadside, where people bend down beneath the trees. The drainage channel between the paved road and the bare ground outside the houses reveals the neighborhood's street conditions.
People on a country lane
A narrow dirt path runs between fields in Siheung-dong in the 1960s. Adults bend down at its edges, while children stand in the middle. Crops grow right beside the route people use, showing how farmland and everyday paths lay close together.
Low rooftops and an unpaved road
An unpaved road passes low houses in Siheung-dong in the 1960s. Soil and sand are piled along one side, and utility poles carry wires above the roofs. House entrances and stored materials face the same road, revealing the unfinished surroundings of the homes.
A factory gate and chimneys
This is the entrance to the Siheung Electric Factory in the 1960s. Behind the metal gate stands a long factory building, with tall chimneys rising above its roof. The wall and gate separate the street from the workplace, while the chimneys emphasize the scale of the low buildings.
A lane between new houses
Public housing is under construction in Guro in 1961. Small houses of similar shape line both sides of a dirt road, with earth and materials still piled beside their doors. The view shows homes being built together while their access road remains unfinished.
Eaves in a row
This closer view shows public housing under construction in Guro in 1961. Small doors and windows repeat beneath roofs of equal height, with building materials outside. The size of each home and the spacing of its entrances reveal the form of housing being provided.
Temporary homes in Guro
Temporary houses appear in a record of a housing inspection in Guro-dong in 1963. Curved roofs extend down into the walls, with small windows beside the doors. Unpaved paths without distinct sidewalks show both the housing design and its surrounding infrastructure.
Children among the houses of Siheung
This photograph was taken in a settlement for flood survivors in Siheung 2-dong in 1967. Children stand on bare ground outside a block-built house, while low roofs crowd the hillside behind it. Open patches and passageways sit close to the homes, revealing both the density of the settlement and the spaces children occupied.
A widening road in Siheung
A broad dirt road stretches through a roadworks site in Siheung-dong in 1968. Low shops line both sides, and pedestrians and a bicycle share the road. With no clear division between roadway and sidewalk, construction and neighborhood travel occupy the same space.
1970s · A neighborhood growing beside its workplaces
Factories rise, bridges span the water, and alleys are paved. Amid these large changes, everyday life continues.
Gathering outside Doksan market
People attend the opening of the Yeongdeungpo branch of the Central Wholesale Market's poultry and meat division in Doksan-dong in 1971. Flower wreaths line the building, while people in hats or suits face the platform. The platform, wreaths and gathered attendees document how the opening of this distribution facility was marked.
A bus approaching the underpass
A road view forms part of the record of the Guro underpass opening in 1974. A bus and a car approach the entrance side by side, between concrete walls and streetlights. The descending roadway and the vehicles offer a sense of the dimensions of this new route.
A street in the industrial district
This street was photographed during the opening of a fire service outpost in the Guro Industrial Complex in 1974. People in suits and uniforms walk outside a building, with large company signs behind them. The ceremony and neighboring businesses share the frame, showing the setting of a street in the industrial district.
A day in a Sindorim alley
People gather for a neighborhood alley paving groundbreaking in Sindorim-dong in 1975. A banner hangs between houses, and participants in hanbok and hats stand along the lane. The alley itself serves as the venue, placing improvements to a local road directly within the neighborhood.
Homes below the hills of Gocheok
This residential area was recorded as a Gocheok redevelopment site in 1975. Dirt paths run between tiled roofs and low walls, with a sparsely wooded hillside behind them. Utility poles and the arrangement of the houses trace the shape of a neighborhood beside the slope.
Gocheok Bridge and the river
Gocheok Bridge is shown at the completion of its widening in 1975. Vehicles cross above a long railing, while piers and the riverbed remain visible below. The road deck and watercourse together reveal the structure of a transport link across the stream.
The industrial district from above
This aerial view shows the Guro Industrial Complex in 1976. Broad factory roofs follow straight roads, with yards and vacant plots between them. The layout of roads and parcels, more than any single building, reveals how the industrial estate was organized.
Before Cheolsan Bridge
This is the construction site at the groundbreaking for Cheolsan Bridge in 1976. Vehicles and people gather around tall construction equipment, with long structural elements lying on the ground. The equipment and materials show an early stage of bridge construction before a completed crossing is visible.
A village beside the embankment
This wide view records embankment construction near Gocheok Bridge in 1978. Excavated ground and piles of earth surround the stream, with a bridge and buildings beyond the works. The photograph places the reshaping of riverside land alongside the neighboring residential area.
A courtyard in Siheung
People attend the opening of the Seoul Women's Welfare Center in Siheung-dong in 1979. A crowd fills the space before a building with repeated rows of windows, wearing clothes in red, blue and other colors. The opening banner and the gathering in the forecourt record the beginning of this welfare facility.
1980s · Sharing the same streets
Children outside a nursery. Neighbors clearing a flooded road. Between the buildings, people give the neighborhood its warmth.
The new district office entrance
The entrance to the new Guro District Office is shown during its completion ceremony in 1980. A lectern stands below a commemorative banner, with broad steps and glass doors behind it. The entrance doubles as an event venue, revealing both the building's frontage and the format of the ceremony.
Gathering by the dormitory
This is the opening ceremony for the Women's Welfare Center dormitory in Siheung-dong in 1981. People wearing skirts of similar length stand in rows across the forecourt, with more attendees behind them. Repeated windows and the broad yard give a sense of the scale of the communal residential building.
Windows on a hillside
The Women's Welfare Center dormitory in Siheung-dong appears in its 1981 opening record. Its floors step along the slope, linked by outside stairs and long railings. The hillside setting makes it possible to study the access routes and the repeated rooms of the building.
Children outside the nursery
This photograph shows the opening of the Saemaul Nursery in Guro 3-dong in 1982. Flags and banners hang above the low building, while adults and children stand near the entrance. The neighborhood street runs immediately outside the wall and gate, placing childcare beside everyday residential space.
Children on an industrial district corner
This photograph shows an alley near the Guro Industrial Complex in 1984. People walk along a red-brick building and high wall, while children gather by a utility pole at the corner. With no prominent separate sidewalk, the scene reveals the width and shape of the lane people used.
The old Guro Industrial Complex station
This is the platform at Guro Gongdan Station in 1984. The platform follows a curved track, with lights and signs hanging beneath a high roof. Skylights illuminate the waiting area and reveal the routes through the station interior.
A neighborhood reading room
This photograph shows the Guro 5-dong reading room in 1987. A vertical sign identifies the facility, above a low fence and entrance. The small building beside a wet road and street trees shows the location and scale of a neighborhood study space.
Sweeping a street after the flood
People clear a road during flood recovery in Guro in 1987. Wearing hats, they sweep with long brooms beside a railing, with low shops behind them. Removing debris from a route used by pedestrians shows the work of restoring streets after flooding.
Cleaning an alley after the flood
Flood recovery work takes place in a narrow Guro alley in 1987. Several people bend forward to sweep with long brooms, between closely spaced walls and houses. The scene shows that small passages leading to homes also needed clearing alongside larger roads.
Working together to clear the road
This Guro street is being cleared after flooding in 1987. People sweep the sidewalk and road edge beside a large handcart loaded with objects. A pedestrian crossing sign and an elevated structure locate the cleanup within the neighborhood's transport space.
Homes damaged by flooding
This residential area appears in a record of an inspection of flood damage in Guro in 1987. Broken walls, roof fragments and household objects lie beside the dirt lane, as people move among them. The damaged homes and debris show the concrete impact of flooding on living spaces.
Neighbors outside a local shop
People gather outside a shop during an inspection of flood-affected Guro in 1987. A crowd fills the space beside a low building with a shop sign, extending up the slope behind it. The inspection gathering and the narrow shopfront space reveal the crowded conditions at the site.
Neighbors helping flood survivors
This photograph records a Guro women's association assisting flood survivors in 1987. A tent outside a building carries a sign for the Guro District Medical Association's medical team, with people in white coats and others holding umbrellas nearby. It shows a temporary treatment area set up within the relief site.
A gathering with the village behind
People gather for the groundbreaking of the road between Siheung and Sinjeong-dong in 1987. Tents stand in the event area, with attendees ranging from children to adults in suits. Low houses on the slope and overhead wires also record the neighborhood around the new roadworks.
Children beside a mound of earth
Children gather at the edge of the Siheung–Sinjeong-dong road groundbreaking in 1987. Wearing bright jackets and vests, they sit on or stand beside a mound of earth, with adults behind them. The photograph captures a patch at the edge of the ceremony that the children have made use of.
The Nambu Apartments playground in Guro 3-dong
This is the playground at Nambu Apartments in Guro 3-dong in May 1988. Seesaws and a slide stand on bare ground, with a child standing on one seesaw. The apartment windows and balconies face the playground directly, showing homes and play space arranged close together.
Seobu Expressway at its opening
This view records the opening of the Seobu Expressway in 1988. A large opening sign spans the freshly marked road, with a grass median stretching through its center. The broad roadway, almost empty of vehicles, reveals the road facilities around the time of opening.
Flowers beside the new road
This roadside view belongs to the record of the Seobu Expressway opening in 1988. Yellow and red flowers line the white guardrail, beside clear lane markings and a row of streetlights. The flower beds show the landscaping installed alongside the new road.
An official visit to a Guro shopping street
This street was photographed during the Seoul mayor's inspection of Guro in 1989. People in suits stand in the front row, with more attendees and commercial signs layered behind them. Although centered on the visiting group, the photograph also records the windows and advertising of the shopping street.
The district hall and its plaza
This is a wide view of the Guro Community Center at its opening in 1989. People gather before the large building, with cars and buses standing around the square. Event decorations, the surrounding roads and the forecourt reveal the scale and access space of the public facility.
1990s · That bus, that sign, that road
Recognizable cars and shop names begin to appear. It is often the smallest details that make us feel how much time has passed.
The first classroom after the Gangseo Middle School entrance ceremony
This classroom was photographed after the entrance ceremony at Gangseo Middle School in March 1994. Students in uniform sit at wooden desks, with light filtering through the curtains. The blackboard, notices and rows of desks reveal the classroom layout and school clothing of the time.
Gyeongin-ro by Oryu-dong station
Gyeongin-ro near Oryu-dong Station is seen from above in 1995. Buses and cars pass the roofs of low shops, with taller buildings rising beyond them. Buildings of different heights line the same main road, revealing the structure of the street.
Low houses in Gocheok
This is a broad view of a Gocheok-dong residential area in 1995. A curving road and green space lie before closely packed low houses, with taller buildings in the distance. The route from the main road into the neighborhood shows how houses and streets fit the terrain.
The wide road near Oryu-dong
This broad intersection lies near Oryu-dong Station in 1995. Buses, cars and trucks travel in several directions, past shops with signs on both sides. The wide roadway and corner buildings show the concentration of traffic around the station.
Shops along Nambusunhwan-ro
This photograph shows Nambusunhwan-ro and its roadside buildings in 1995. The main road sits lower than the surrounding land, with shops, homes and railings on either side. A difference in level separates through traffic from the everyday spaces outside the buildings.
Cars outside the tool market
This is the road outside the Guro Machinery and Tools Shopping Complex in 1995. Signs for tools and machinery cover each floor, with cars and vans around the entrances. The photograph shows both the many shops within a building and the vehicle access area in front.
A footbridge toward Sindorim
This view looks toward Sindorim-dong from a pedestrian bridge in 1995. Repeating patterns in the metal railings cast shadows along the walkway, facing low buildings and tall apartments. The bridge connects the neighborhood on a different level from road traffic.
An alley through the tool market
This is an inner lane of the Guro Machinery and Tools Shopping Complex in 1995. Drums and materials stand outside shops on both sides, with vehicles in the narrow passage. Displays and vehicle access sit close together, revealing the conditions for moving goods through the complex.
Guro station and the department store
This photograph looks toward Guro Station and Aekyung Department Store in 1995. A gas station canopy fills the foreground, with buses, roads and station-area buildings beyond it. The view shows a railway station, major retail building and motoring facilities grouped close together.
Dorimcheon under the railway
Dorimcheon flows beneath an elevated railway in 1995. Concrete embankments follow the watercourse, with thick piers standing alongside it. The low stream and high railway show different layers of infrastructure occupying the same urban space.
The old Guro station junction
This photograph looks down on an intersection near Guro Station in 1995. Buses and cars cross the broad junction, beside buildings covered in advertising and shop signs. A gas station sign and pedestrian areas complete the view of a station district where people and vehicles converge.
The old Garibong Station building
This is the old Garibong Station building in 1996. Outside stairs lead to the building bearing the station name, above vehicles and small booths. The elevated entrance shows the route from the forecourt toward the platforms. Garibong Station was renamed Gasan Digital Complex Station in July 2005.
Schools and houses in Guro 3-dong
This elevated view shows Guro 3-dong in 1996. Taller buildings rise among low homes and school buildings, with cars parked in the spaces below. Rooftops, alleys and school grounds appear together, revealing different uses of space within the residential area.
From Daerim toward Sindorim · Past and present
Road and railway toward Sindorim
This road leads toward Sindorim Station in 1996. An elevated railway and its piers run along the right, with a broad pedestrian crossing in the foreground. Tracks, traffic lanes and sidewalks lie side by side, carrying different forms of travel in the same direction.
Looking toward Sindorim from Daerim today
Taken by the contributor on November 13, 2026, looking from Daerim Station toward Sindorim Station. Buses and cars pass beside the elevated railway, with a crosswalk and a bridge over the stream in view. Beside the 1996 photograph, the trees along the same road and piers, railway noise barriers, and additional buildings in the distance reveal changes over time.
A motorcycle at the industrial junction
This intersection lies near the second estate of the Guro Industrial Complex in 1996. A motorcycle carrying a box and trucks cross in front of factory buildings and dense overhead wiring. Vehicles with cargo space show goods transport sharing industrial roads with everyday traffic.
Tracks beside the second industrial complex
This is the Gyeongbu railway near the second-estate intersection in the Guro Industrial Complex in 1996. Several tracks stretch into the distance, beside vehicles and construction equipment on the road. A fence separates the parallel railway and road, revealing the arrangement of transport infrastructure around the factories.
Around Guro Digital Complex Station · Past and present
Factories by the old station
Factories and a road surround Guro Gongdan Station in 1996. Pedestrians pass the covered station stairs, across from broad, low factory roofs. The short distances between the entrance, sidewalk and businesses show how closely railway access and workplaces were placed.
A taller skyline around Guro Digital Complex Station
Taken by the contributor on November 13, 2026, from the same location as the historical photograph, near Guro Digital Complex Station. This area, formerly called Guro Gongdan, is now known as Guro Digital Complex, and the former Guro Gongdan Station also bears the new name. Beyond the station stairs and road are a parking lot and shops, backed by closely packed tall buildings. Compared with the broad, low factory roofs of 1996, the buildings have grown so much taller that the old buildings are difficult to identify in this view.
A factory yard
This factory site lies in the second estate of the Guro Industrial Complex in 1996. Long, low buildings surround a yard, with trucks and cars parked outside. The view shows the arrangement of work areas beneath broad roofs and outdoor spaces used by vehicles.
The haetae at Seoul’s boundary
A haetae statue marks the Seoul boundary on Siheung-daero in 1996. Its base carries Korean and English welcome messages, beside a road with several lanes. The roadside symbol and greeting identify the boundary on a route entering the city.
Trees along Siheung-daero
This photograph looks across the broad lanes of Siheung-daero in 1996. Leaves fill the foreground, while low shops and taller buildings mix along the road. The lanes and rows of street trees reveal the width of the main road and the arrangement of its surroundings.
Traffic filling Siheung-daero
This view looks along Siheung-daero in 1996. Cars and buses extend across several lanes, with lettering on the road marking a bus lane. The markings show separate space designated for buses within the same road, alongside the vehicles of the time.
Graduation day at Gangseo Middle School
This is the schoolyard at Gangseo Middle School on graduation day in February 1997. Two uniformed students holding bouquets face the camera, with other people gathered behind them. A high-rise under construction beside the school records changes in the surroundings alongside the ceremony.
Students sitting in the Munil High School courtyard
This photograph was taken in the grounds of Munil High School in 1998. Students in uniform sit along a planter, with trees, a stone bearing the school motto and school buildings behind them. Their sneakers, seated postures and the small resting place offer a view of school life outside the classroom.
A narrow residential alley
This narrow residential alley is in Guro-dong in 1999. Red-brick walls and small doors stand close to the lane, beneath overhead wires. Building shadows cover much of the passage, giving a sense of its width and the short distances between homes.
Factories and apartments together
This is a broad view of the Guro Industrial Complex area in 1999. Low factories with wide roofs fill the foreground, with rows of tall apartments behind them. Industrial and residential buildings stand close together, showing the coexistence of workplaces and homes.
Rooftops before redevelopment
This elevated view shows a redevelopment area in Guro-dong in 1999. Low roofs crowd the foreground, with rows of apartments and a taller building under construction behind them. The photograph records housing of different scales standing close together.
A pharmacy and neighborhood shops
These shops line a residential alley in Guro-dong in 1999. Signs for a pharmacy, eateries and an electrical business sit close together, beside a parked vehicle. Several trades occupy the narrow lane, showing services available near people's homes.
Where Byeoksan apartments were rising
This is the construction site for Byeoksan apartment complexes 5 and 6 in Siheung-dong in July 1999. Screens and site facilities occupy a hillside cut into terraces, with a road following its edge. The exposed ground shows how a residential development was being prepared on sloping land.
2000s · Life continues on changing streets
Old shops remain beside taller buildings. Even in photographs that seem like yesterday, the neighborhood is already changing.
Schools and homes in Gung-dong
This view shows a school and surrounding streets in Gung-dong in 2000. Red-brick homes and low shops cluster before the school buildings, with small vehicles along the road. The elevated viewpoint reveals how closely the school, housing and shops were placed.
A school crossing in Gung-dong
This road passes a school in Gung-dong in 2000. A traffic signal and yellow public telephone booth stand beside the crossing, with a sidewalk following the school fence. Pedestrian access to the school and a public roadside amenity appear together.
Goods outside the tool shops
This is a shopfront in Guro's tools district in 2000. Machines stand beneath a sign for generators and construction equipment, beside coils of material and hoses at the neighboring shop. Goods extend from the interiors onto the street, revealing the range and display of industrial supplies.
A lane between low walls
This small passage runs between homes in Guro-dong in 2000. A path roughly wide enough for one person passes between a block wall and a low building, beside pipes and an outdoor air-conditioning unit. Exterior utilities and access routes share a narrow gap between buildings.
The working lanes of the tool market
This is an inner street in Guro's tools district in 2000. Vertical signs identify businesses above boxes, tools and motorcycles outside their entrances. Displays and goods handling occupy both edges while leaving a passage through the center.
Outside Doksan cattle market
This photograph shows the outside of Doksan-dong's meat market in 2000. Shops open beneath red awnings, with carts and containers outside as people pass. Work areas extend toward the road, revealing the setting for sales and goods handling at the market.
People working at the shopfronts
This roadside shop is in Guro's tools district in 2000. Machinery and containers fill the display shelves, immediately beside a person seated on a motorcycle and others standing nearby. Merchandise, vehicles and people share the limited space outside the shop.
Children playing in a Guro alley
Children gather in a residential alley in Guro-dong in 2000. Bicycles and small objects stand between red-brick houses, with the children in the middle of the lane. The narrow route between facing entrances serves both as a passage and a place for children to spend time.
Snow in a Gung-dong street
Snow covers a residential street in Gung-dong in 2005. Parked cars and branches are blanketed in white, with footprints along the middle of the road. The tracks reveal the width of a street shared by parked vehicles and people on foot.
Rooftops in Gurobon-dong
This photograph looks down on low houses in Gurobon-dong in 2005. Yellow water tanks stand on flat rooftops, among tiled roofs and stairs. Roof fittings and varied building forms reveal the construction and household infrastructure of the dense neighborhood.
Winding roads through Gocheok
This elevated view shows a residential area in Gocheok 2-dong in 2005. Narrow roads bend between red and blue roofs, with vehicles parked along their edges. The wide view reveals connections between alleys and the placement of houses that are difficult to see from street level.
A green bus at Eunhaengnamu junction
This is the area around Eunhaengnamu Intersection in Siheung-dong in 2005. A green number 5520 bus stands among the vehicles, beneath signs pointing toward Siheung Intersection and Dongil Girls' High School. The route number and direction signs provide concrete clues to local travel routes.
Shops at the Siheung junction
These shops surround Eunhaengnamu Intersection in Siheung-dong in 2005. Signs cover the corner buildings, between pedestrian crossings and overhead wires. People on the sidewalks and vehicles in the road show shopping and travel meeting at a neighborhood junction.
Siheung-daero by the military grounds
This is Siheung-daero outside the military site in Doksan-dong in 2005. Buses and cars fill several lanes, before a broad area of trees and low buildings. Apartments farther away highlight the contrast between this large site and the surrounding residential districts.
Gasan’s fashion district
This intersection stands outside Mario Outlet in Gasan-dong in 2008. A broad pedestrian crossing faces the curved commercial building, with a tall glass-fronted building and lower structures beyond it. The view reveals the scale of a street where shopping facilities meet vehicle traffic.
Snow along Dorimcheon
Snow lies along Dorimcheon in 2008. White banks stretch on either side of the flowing water, beneath apartments and a bridge. Differences in height between the streambed, embankments and housing reveal the profile of an urban watercourse.
Red brick in Gocheok
This photograph looks up at Gocheok-dong Catholic Church from below a slope in 2008. Small windows line the red-brick walls, with a cross-topped tower rising above them. The view shows the form of a religious building positioned among sloping ground and neighboring structures.
The entrance to the second complex
This intersection marks the entrance to the second estate of the Guro Industrial Complex in 2008. A large arch spans the road, above a wide pedestrian crossing and traffic signals. Standing out against the low shops, the gateway acts as a landmark where several roads meet.
Railway lines through Gasan
Railway tracks and a road run near Gasan Digital Complex Station in 2008. Buses travel beside several tracks, between tall glass-fronted buildings. The concentration of large buildings along the railway and road shows both the transport corridor and the scale of development.
A corner of the tool market
This is a corner of the Guro Machinery and Tools Shopping Complex in 2008. Signs cover the shops in the red-brick building, with coiled hoses, containers and materials piled outside. Displays follow the building's corner, revealing the trades and their use of roadside space.
A dense quilt of Guro rooftops
This wide view shows a residential area in Gurobon-dong in 2008. Low homes and buildings of several floors crowd the foreground, with tall apartments stretching across the background. Roof heights and gaps between buildings reveal adjoining neighborhoods of different scales.
A necktie marathon in Guro
This is the necktie marathon held during the Jump Guro event in 2008. Participants wearing race numbers run beneath the starting arch, while spectators line the street. Neckties worn with sportswear stand out as a road normally used by vehicles becomes a running course.
Small businesses at Siheung market
This work area lies outside shops in the Siheung Distribution Center in 2009. Circular metal materials sit by the entrances, beside a forklift and a lifting frame. The scene shows the handling of heavy goods immediately outside the sales spaces.
A motorcycle crossing Eunhaengnamu junction
A motorcycle crosses Eunhaengnamu Intersection in Siheung-dong in 2009. A large box is secured behind the rider, opposite a building crowded with shop signs. A small vehicle carrying goods shares the junction with cars in an everyday neighborhood scene.
Walking outside Geumcheon district office
This photograph shows the space outside Geumcheon District Office in 2009. A broad pedestrian area opens beneath glass walls and tall columns, with people walking in the foreground. Fountain fittings and entrances reveal the layout of open space around the civic building.
A lane by the military apartments
This is the entrance to military housing in Doksan-dong in 2009. Behind a low blue-roofed building and gate stand apartments bearing building numbers, with notices and barriers beside the road. Walls and access facilities separate the housing grounds from the street outside.
The road outside Doksan market
This is the road outside Doksan-dong's meat market in 2009. Display counters line the shops beneath a sign for a wholesale meat and offal market, as pedestrians and a person pulling a handcart pass. Merchandise and passing traffic meet directly along the market frontage.
Late light over Siheung distribution market
This elevated view looks across the Siheung Distribution Center in 2009. Long, low commercial buildings run in parallel, with large building numbers on their walls. Low sunlight reveals the repeated roofs and the scale of a complex divided into blocks of shops.
Buildings and a delivery truck
This photograph shows a building in the Siheung Distribution Center in 2009. Metal materials fill open shop entrances, with outdoor air-conditioning units beneath the upper windows. A truck in the yard and the shop doors reveal the arrangement of loading and unloading space.
A lane between familiar buildings
This passage runs between buildings in the Siheung Distribution Center in 2009. A multistory parking structure and parked vehicles occupy one side, while an enclosed bridge connects buildings overhead. Shops, parking and pedestrian links gather in a compact area, revealing the complex's internal layout.
About these photographs
These 100 photographs include 10 from the 1960s, 10 from the 1970s, 20 from the 1980s, 28 from the 1990s, 30 from the 2000s and two from 2026. The 1990s section includes two photographs supplied by their photographer, taken on November 13, 2026, to compare the view from Daerim toward Sindorim and the area around Guro Digital Complex Station.
The descriptions explore everyday surroundings using records of when and where the photographs were taken, alongside visible clothing, buildings and streets. Uncertainties about dates and locations are noted with the individual photographs.
Dates follow available records and photograph descriptions. A decade is shown when the exact year is unknown; estimated years are marked with “c.”. Historical place names and district boundaries may differ from today. The exact camera locations of the two Seobu Expressway photographs are not recorded; their individual credits note this.
Colors and compositions are preserved for web viewing. Some early photographs use the small public preview images available from their sources. Detailed source information and reuse terms for public archive photographs are available through each photograph's Source link.
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