An old theater established around 1953 and still operating in Gongguan in 1960. It was an impressive reinforced concrete structure with an entrance facing the street corner. Not much else is known about it. Location is just a guess. Almost certainly demolished long ago.
Map
Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Sources
- Taiwan General Guide, Ta-Hwa Evening News, 1963 《台灣通覽》，大華晚報社，1963
- New Taipei Gold Museum Report: In Search of Old Theaters, Hsinchu Municipal Cultural Center, 2019 《新北市立黃金博物館「尋找老戲院身影」》，新竹市立文化中心，2019
Themes
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
Connections
- Miaoli Guoxing Theater (苗栗國興戲院)
Nearby Locations
Author
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.