Reddit user, WeAllWantToBeHappy, recently visited a number of spots around District 1 to see what was going on behind the large blue walls where a new pedestrian promenade is currently under construction.
The plan calls for features such as two water fountains – one at the intersection of Nguyen Hue and Mac Thi Buoi Streets, the other at the Nguyen Hue-Le Loi crossroads – but it is just a small piece of much grander plans to link downtown Saigon to Thu Thiem via a pedestrian bridge that will span the Saigon River.
Hopefully, the project will be completed on schedule (2015) and give us a brief period of normalcy before the area is torn apart for construction of the underground metro station in front of the Opera House (the first phase of which is already underway).
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Future:
