What Taipei district should they renovate next?

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@okonomiyaki

What exactly is so great about the North Gate area? I live near there and use Beimen station almost every day, sure it’s not bad but just seems like a bunch of roads and an elevated highway. Am I missing something?

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Ko Wen-je

Since I was a child I’ve lamented an historic building such as Beimen wasn’t given the respect it deserves. Historic gates in Europe and Korea are treated like tourist destinations, and Beimen was sandwiched between two overpasses. In hind sight it was a good thing I guess. The KMT wanted to tear Beimen down, so they didn’t convert the Southern Fujian styled historic building into a Northern Chinese styled gate like the other remaining gates. The gate in front of the presidential palace and …

Reinventing Taipei-台北舊城區復興運動