Bopiliao Historical Block
Qing-era shophouse row frozen from redevelopment for decades by a cancelled school plan.
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This guide to Bopiliao Historical Block in Taipei traces a street whose name may mean to peel the skin, born as a working lane feeding the river port of Bangka with coal, tea, and timber. It follows the block through Qing-era trade and Japanese redevelopment, and the discarded 1941 school plan that froze it in place for decades. Look for the layered brickwork above the storefronts as you walk the lane.
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