NANMEN MOVE: With the 10-story building to be torn down and rebuilt, vedors at the Nanmen Market in Taipei are to move to a temporary site on Hangzhou S Road
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 06, 2019
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Taipei’s Nanmen Market (南門市場) was crowded yesterday ahead of its closure for demolition, with
People take photographs at the Nanmen Market in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Construction is to begin after its last day today at the market, which has been at its current location for 38 years, after its beginnings as the Chitose Market (千歲市場) outside the city’s South Gate in the Japanese colonial period.
It was expanded and renamed in 1945, and in 1981 moved into the 10-story building that is to be torn down.
It is known for its food vendors, who sell pastries, glutinous rice products and ready-to-eat food, as well as dry goods. It is a popular shopping destination in the run-up to the Lunar New Year.
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