A former performance venue in what was originally known as the Amber Building (琥珀大樓) in Yuanlin. It was notorious for striptease shows (牛肉場) and other forms of adult entertainment. As crowds dwindled the cabaret was briefly turned into a discount cinema before the entire building fell into disrepair in the late 2000s. Somewhat surprisingly, the entire building was renovated by 2010 and rebranded as Yuanlin People Leisure Commercial Building (員林人休閒商業大樓). It seems very unlikely anything remains of the original theater.
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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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.