Originally established as Yuanshan Sports Field (圓山運動場) in 1923. In August 1945 it was the site of the Maruyama Evacuation Camp, a temporary holding area for POWs awaiting repatriation at the end of the war. In 1989 a soccer stadium meeting international standards was completed on this site in a late period Chinese Renaissance style. It also regularly hosted concerts over the years but was closed for renovations in 2007. Since then it has been repurposed for commercial use and special events, and in the post-pandemic years a popular youth nightclub district emerged. The abandoned bleachers were converted for use as a community garden (社區園圃推廣中心) in the mid-2020s, a popular scene for photographers.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Taiwan Photo Hotspots (台灣IG打卡景點)
- Chinese Renaissance Architecture (中國古典式樣新建築)
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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.