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  • Which part(s) of Taipei are you familiar with?  What are your reasons for living or not living in Taipei?

  • 1. Left: Map of the West-Door Area.
    2. Right: Highrise in the East Area.
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  • What do you love or hate about Taipei?
  • How do you entertain yourself in Taipei?  Do you have any favorite store(s)?
  • 3\Stores in the West-Door Area

    3. A CD Store


    5. Duck

     

    4. Snacks--fried chicken and boiled fishcake.
     6. Demonstration of the "Snail Group" 
    (Those who do not own a house in Taipei.)

     What do you think is fashionable in Taipei?  Portugese Egg-Custards or Moon Cakes?

    7. "American Factory"?

    8. A Tea House

    9. Government-Subsidized Public Housing
    10. The changes MRT has brought to Taipei
      
    11. And the others?

    The pictures of West-Gate Area above (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8) are taken from 《城市西遊記》(Journey to the West in the City Ed. Kuo-Fu Chen, 1998 )  with the permission of the Festival Staff of 1998 Taipei Film Festival (1998/9.26-10.5)
    The other pictures (2, 6, 9) are from 《城市風格與建築形式》·  台北:藝術家出版社,1994.