A horse racing venue along the riverside in Douliuzi Park (斗六籽公園) in Douliu, Yunlin. It was a small-scale venue likely constructed in the late 1920s or 1930s. In the post-war period it was repurposed for use as a military dependent’s village. A wave of urban renewal in the early 2000s likely cleared out the village, revealing remnants of the original bleachers that once lined the racetrack.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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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.