A long-abandoned seafood market in Mailiao, Yunlin, next to Xucuoliao Fishing Port. It was designed and built by Formosa Plastics Group, owners of the immense No. 6 Naphtha Cracker Complex on this artificial island, in 2004. According to news reports it only operated for a month or two before shutting down due to a complete absence of traffic, which should come as no surprise. The location is extremely remote. Nowadays there is some talk of revitalizing the building and turning it into an ecological center, but that might just be wishful thinking.
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Links
- China Times (中時新聞網)
Sources
- Yao Jui-Chung & Lost Society Document, Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan, Garden City Publishing, 2016 姚瑞中，失落社會檔案室，《海市蜃樓：台灣閒置公共設施抽樣踏查》，田園城市文化事業有限公司，2016
Themes
- Mosquito Halls in Taiwan (台灣的蚊子館)
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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.