Yep, around the parking lots along Keelung Road, which runs right through it–that part of it didn’t exist then. Most of the rest is now Minzu Junior High School.
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The old China Sports Arena, on Nanjing across from where the new arena is. Still an empty lot now
Neighborhood looks different now eh
You mean the lot between the Capitol Hotel and that 7-11? Directly across from Taipei Gymnasium and Tennis Center?
Wow.
I think that building looks more impressive than the steel-clad monster that is there now. Just me though.
It’s kind of a old school vs new school vibe.
I like the new stadium. It’s definitely a bit more environmentally friendly in terms of…less electricity usage. Imagine the electricity needed to power AC units to cool down another stadium.
I’ll give you that. I am just not a fan of steel-cladding, even if it was designed by an old hometown company.
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Some photos taken by the Japanese 2 months after the signing of the treaty of Shimonoseki.
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The arch in picture 3 is still standing on the west side of 228 park
The yamen building in picture 1 does as well, in the Taipei Botanical Garden.
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Is this picture even considered old?
4 years ago when 101 was the lone sky scraper in Xinyi.
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Unfortunately, neither stands at its original location.
The arch used to be at today’s Hengyang road (衡陽路) in Ximen, but was moved to its current location by the Japanese. The arch was dedicated to a Bangka man who donated and built the national exam center in Taipei. Prior to that, people have to travel to Tainan to take the national exam. Emperor Guangxu approved of the construction of the arch in 1887, just 7 years before giving up the island to Japan.
The yamen building was also originally located at Ximen. Construction was finished in 1894, just one year before seceding the island to Japan. It was also The Japanese decided to build an exhibition hall in its place in 1931. Only parts of the yamen were moved to the Arboretum, Yuanshan zoo and the Jōdo temple (today’s Shandaoshi) for storage. The rest of the buildings were torn town.
The buildings that were moved to Yuanshan and Jodo temple were subsequently destroyed. Only the part in the botanical garden is preserved.
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I saw these on another forum and thought I would share here…
Proposed map of Taiwan by ROC government in 1945
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Seems like not long ago that I took this from Elephant Mountain.
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We’ve come a long way, since the '80s?
I don’t think I’ve seen too many pictures of Xinyi where Vieshow or Warner Village wasn’t even there.
Got these photos from 台大意識報: 如果河流會說話──臺北水源地歷史的三枚拼圖
NTU campus circa 1928
NTU campus circa 1928
Taipei Water Park near NTU circa 1918
A plan for Taipei Water Park
In the second pic you can see the Presidential Building, right. Must have been the tallest building back then.
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Side by side comparisons of some of the buildings left standing
Today’s NTU Administrative Building I
Today’s NTU Gallery of University History was probably still under construction in 1928. It used to be the school library.
http://magimg.chinayes.com/Mags/tbsk/20120820/Article/Content/201208201436097304599.jpg
The European styled Water Park building looks very much like the hot spring building at Czech’s Mariánské Lázně.
Early 90’s, but yeah.