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Taiwan’s Old
Buildings Get a
NewLease on Life
ඝໄ٤ගΎл͜ʊϓ މ̨ᝄڐϋٙࠬᆓdਗ਼ՈϞࣛ˾จ່ٙዝ̦ܔ ጘڭवɨԸdԨረʚอٙ͛նdԷνۃԒމৢᅀ
ٙശʆ1914˖ʷ௴จପุ෤ਜeಀމጟᅀٙɤོ˖௴෤ਜeʘމۃ ଻߅ᔼ৫ٙࢗࡡ଻߅d˸ʿಀމᇁ᎘ࡑࢫٙჶɚ
ᖵஔतਜഃd˸ʔ৾ᚔਗٙ຅˾ᖵஔdַᚃϼܔጘٙݺɢf
Not long ago, if an abandoned building occupied
prime real estate in one of Taiwan’s cities,
demolition so the site could be redeveloped was
almost inevitable. Between the 1960s and the
1990s, when the island’s economy was white-
hot, countless structures of historic or esthetic importance were
bulldozed.
Attitudes have changed, fortunately. Taiwanese people now
embrace their architectural heritage and are trying to carry the
best of it into the future. Rather than consign old homes and
factories to the wrecking ball, dozens of places have been done
up and given new roles.
BY
STEVEN CROOK
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