The landmark is the centerpiece of South Korea's fashion hub and popular tourist destination, Dongdaemun, featuring a walkable park on its roofs, large global exhibition spaces, futuristic retail stores, and restored parts of the Seoul fortress.

[3] The exterior envelope of the DDP, a smooth and giant mushroom-like structure floating above ground level, is made of concrete, aluminum, steel, and stone.

The stadium was abandoned after the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and became a local market in front of the largest fashion hub in South Korea.

The demolition of the stadium is not without its critics, including those who challenge the eventual removal of street vendors as a "repressive relocation.

In 1889, its initial damage was inflicted to make way for a trolley railway, integrating Seoul's Seodaemun and Cheongnyangni districts.

Illicit residential development and unsanctioned post-Korean War construction perpetuated the erosion of the wall's remaining structure.

The Gyeongseong Sports Complex, constructed in 1925, underwent significant demolition of the adjacent wall and buildings, resulting in its renaming to Dongdaemun Stadium.

Following Korea's independence, the first modern stadium was rebranded as the Seoul Sports Complex, becoming a notable venue for national events.

The Dongdaemun commercial area developed in the latter part of the Chosun Dynasty when people started to create an autonomous marketplace around Baeogae.

The local fashion hub district and the residential area share the park at the center, which was previously separated by Jangchungdanro-ro.