Teheran-ro

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Teheran-ro
Teheran-ro
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
테헤란
Revised RomanizationTeheran-ro
McCune–ReischauerT'eheranno

Teheran-ro (

Gangnam-gu experienced phenomenal growth and waves of construction, with Teheran-ro becoming one of the busiest streets in South Korea. Its counterpart, Seoul St. in Tehran, Iran, runs in the north of that city, close to the Evin
district.

Teheran-ro is a 3.5 km section of

Seolleung stations are also on Teheran-ro. All stations are on Seoul Subway Line 2
.

Some of South Korea's tallest skyscrapers and most expensive real estate are in Teheran-ro, while Seoul Metropolitan Government estimates that more than half of South Korea's venture capital, some 200 billion won (approximately $200 million), is invested in Teheran Valley.[1]

Name

The tablet of commemorating the visit by Mr. Gholamreza Nikpay, Tehran's mayor, to Mr. Kuh Cha-chun, Seoul's mayor

On 27 June 1977, the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the cities of Seoul (the capital of South Korea) and

Mayor of Tehran
. The following year, Samneungno street was renamed Teheran-ro, which then ran through a relatively underdeveloped area that had been annexed into Seoul in 1963.

Economy

The area hosts major domestic

Hynix both operate offices there. Various South Korean and international financial and business institutions including POSCO, Standard Chartered and Citibank
also maintain offices there.

Jungsuck Building, the headquarters of Kakao M (now Kakao Entertainment), one of the largest music companies in the country, is located in Teheran-ro.

The explosive growth of Teheran-ro is discussed by the architect and researcher Sun-Young Rieh in her Korean-language book Boom or Bust?: The future of Teheran-ro after the Gangnam Building Boom. The work analyzes aspects of urban planning related to sustainability, especially as regards energy regulations.[2]

Photo gallery

  • Road post that says "Tehran Road" both in Korean hangul (테헤란로) and Persian (خیابان تهران).
    Road post that says "Tehran Road" both in Korean hangul (테헤란로) and Persian (خیابان تهران).
  • Posco intersection
    Posco intersection
  • Posco sunset
    Posco sunset
  • A small walkway on a rainy day, in front of the Posco building
    A small walkway on a rainy day, in front of the Posco building
  • Roadsign, COEX-KWTC intersection
    Roadsign,
    KWTC
    intersection

See also

References

  1. ^ "Teheran Valley". Seoul Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 2004-04-08.
  2. ^ "Boom or Bust?: The Future of Teheran-ro after the Gangnam Building Boom (강남 빌딩 붐 이후 테헤란로의 미래)". Kyobo Books. Retrieved August 9, 2023.

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