Zhongli Yuandong Theater (中壢遠東戲院) - Spectral Codex
An old department store building in Zhongli just after sunrise in 2015.
An old department store building in Zhongli just after sunrise in 2015.

A former cinema on the fourth and fifth floors of a 10-storey commercial building completed in 1981 as Hongyang Department Store (紅陽百貨). Far Eastern Department Store (遠東百貨) later operated here, lending the theater its name. Far Eastern relocated in 1993; Mirada (美華泰) and later Poya (寶雅生活館) occupied the retail space into the 2010s, but as of the mid-2020s the building seems mostly derelict. Traces of the ticket booth could be seen in the lobby in the late 2010s.

The former ticket booth for the cinema in the lobby in 2019.
The former ticket booth for the cinema in the lobby in 2019.
Creeping around the alleyways behind the department store in 2015.
Creeping around the alleyways behind the department store in 2015.

Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.

警告:此處已廢棄或長期無人管理,可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺,並做好相關安全防護措施。

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Address: 桃園市中壢區新生路65號4-5樓

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