Established at 130 Cao Thắng Street in the former District 3 by a family fleeing Hanoi in 1955. After 1975 it was managed by the state. It faded into obscurity as modern cinema chains emerged across the city but the state converted it into a playhouse with a new façade at some point. This façade must have been stripped off at some point as the theater’s appearance in the late 2010s doesn’t resemble how it looked in 2010. According to media reports descendants of the family still live in the building.
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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.