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彰化城中大戲院

Changhua Chengzhong Theater

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Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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The ugly metal frame mounted on the front of the building presumably would have displayed movie posters decades ago.

Chengzhong Theater (城中大戲院) was a late period cinema operating out of a mixed-use building in central Changhua City. Business records1 suggest the theater was established in 1990 and went out of business around 2005. As with most other theaters clinging to life in the 2000s this cinema was known for screening adult films. After the theater closed the interior was completely renovated into a language school, leaving only a few traces of its operating history in the public areas in and around the building.

Old Sign For Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6
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1/60 sec
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21.0 mm
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3200
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9.6 EV
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The only sign bearing the original name of the theater can be found along the side of the building. It says “motorcycle parking” in Chinese.
Ticket Booth at Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6
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1/60 sec
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23.0 mm
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1250
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This might have been the ticket booth!
Coming Soon at Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6
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1/60 sec
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2000
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9.5 EV
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Empty display cases that might have once contained movie posters.
Theater Hall Entrance at Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6
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ƒ / 3.8
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1/60 sec
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25.0 mm
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320
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9.8 EV
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The former entrance to the theater on 2F.
Old Games at Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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1/40 sec
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6400
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Discarded video games in the basement parking garage provide some hint of the building’s former use.
Side View of Changhua Chengzhong Theater (彰化城中大戲院)
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DC-S5M2
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LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6
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ƒ / 3.9
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1/60 sec
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26.0 mm
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250
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9.8 EV
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A side view from the snaking alleys leading away from the former theater.

Footnotes

  1. A copy of these records can be found here. The proprietor was a certain Chen Zhenxiong (陳振雄), which may or may not be the KMT politician of the same name. ↩

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Details

  • Status:Converted (改建)
  • Address:彰化縣彰化市光華里成功路215號2樓
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.

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