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A bookstore alley in Busan, which has been in place for over 70 years, is in danger of being cut off due to development.
However, when merchants and nearby high school students set out to protect the bookstore alley, the construction company chose win-win instead of development profit.
This is KNN reporter Kang So-ra.
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The bookstore alley in Bosu-dong, which is a representative tourist attraction in Busan and a hot place among young travelers.
Where there used to be about 80 bookstores, now only 30 remain. The bookstore alley in Bosu-dong is a cultural heritage of Busan that has been going on for 70 years since the time of refugee.
But last fall, the alley also faced a crisis when the news that the building containing three bookstores would be demolished and an officetel would be built.
Therefore, for the past 6 months, merchants and nearby high school students have started protecting the alleys through various promotional activities, and recently, a construction company has chosen to coexist with bookstores through remodeling instead of demolition.
[Kim Dae-kwon / CEO of ○○ Construction Company: (via the press) I learned for the first time that you are really struggling to protect the bookstore in Bosu-dong.
After that, my heart ached a lot.]
CEO Kim plans to remodel the building like a huge bookcase and make it a symbol of the alley.
The bookstore owner, who said it was difficult to eat because he was worried about being kicked out, was able to keep the bookstore with 50 years of history.
[Nam Myeong-seop / △△ Bookstore CEO: The bookstore alley is a treasure trove and my hometown.
(When I heard the news) I said, 'I feel like I want to dance.']
Now, they are not only building owners and tenants, but working together as colleagues to save the alley.
As the citizens' movement to preserve the bookstore alley in Bosu-dong, an old specialty of Busan, bears fruit for the first time, a new spark of hope has also been ignited.