Zhuangjia New Village (裝甲新村) is a former military dependents’ village established in the 1950s for members of the 1st Armored Division. The village is organized as a long line of houses down an alleyway only around three meters wide. It was originally one of four similar villages in Hukou, but the others were destroyed long ago, and only this one is preserved. It was registered as a historic site in 2007 but redevelopment efforts are slow, or perhaps it is only open for special events as of the early 2020s.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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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.