In an old book, I found references to a place in Taiwan (probably Taipei), circa 1950, with the following (English) street names:
A snake-market begins on the corner of Chang Tso-Lin Road, which has bars called the Teagarden and Talifu, and is near a Crooked Pond. (Could this be Wanhua?)
A Sandalmakers Road leads into a Temple Lane, so named for its several “Hindu” (specifically Vaisnava) temples. (Has Taiwan EVER had a Hindu temple?)
Quilt Street is a red-light district.
Can anyone identify these places? All of them seem to have had lots of foreigners.
[quote=“Zla’od”]A snake-market begins on the corner of Chang Tso-Lin Road, which has bars called the Teagarden and Talifu, and is near a Crooked Pond. (Could this be Wanhua?)
A Sandalmakers Road leads into a Temple Lane, so named for its several “Hindu” (specifically Vaisnava) temples. (Has Taiwan EVER had a Hindu temple?)
Quilt Street is a red-light district. [/quote]
Not sure whether any of this is of any help, but:
Chang Tso-Lin must refer to the warlord (General) 張作霖 who was killed in 1928 by an explosion under his railway car on the Beijing-Shenyang (formerly Mukden) Railway (near Huanggutun). However, i’ve found no reference to a road with his name in either Google, Google Maps, or Baidu (tried that with both traditional and simplified characters).
The “Indian Association of Taipei” Facebook page says: IAT is a group comprised of Indian families and companies based in Taiwan. With a history of 34 years, IAT has its own club premises with a temple. We celebrate major hindu festivals, observe national holidays, and hold some entertainment activities.
