Seongsu-dong’s former workshops and warehouses now sit beside studios, cafés and changing retail spaces. The district’s creative identity builds on an industrial and handmade-shoe history that remains visible in its low-rise buildings and workshop streets.
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Weathered brick and wide workshop doors offer clues to Seongsu’s earlier working life. The district grew as a place of small factories and workshops, later becoming a centre for handmade shoe production. As that industry changed, former industrial buildings began to host cafés, design spaces and shops.
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- Seongsu-dong developed as a district of small factories and workshops.
- It became a centre for handmade shoe production.
- Former industrial buildings are now used for creative businesses and shops.
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