The corner lot of this famous Japanese colonial era commercial building may hvae once housed the Dadaocheng Kenban, an organization responsible for managing the local (e.g. non-Japanese) red-light district in the area. It was originally established in 1927 at another location but seems to have moved to this building in 1935, around the time of the Taiwan Expo (始政四十周年記念臺灣博覽會).
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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.