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A theater dating to the Japanese colonial era, located next to the original entrance of Taipei Bridge (臺北大橋). It was reportedly the most accessible theater in the area, specializing in Taiwanese opera (歌仔戲). It closed in 1968 as one of Taipei’s last Taiwanese opera venues. The site was rebuilt into a seven-story commercial building completed in 1972. A cinema continued on the second through fourth floors, initially as Jinqiao Theater (金橋戲院) and later Yinxiang Theater (銀鄉戲院), screening adult films and eventually hosting striptease shows. The former theater space is now an elderly long-term care center.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Drama Location (臺灣戲劇取景地點)
- Pixnet: Taipei Walking Tour (台北城市散步)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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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.