taichung inner city

the old japanese town with the railway station as its generator. the edges of the grid are the older japanese mansions while the inside used to and still has older buildings for the taiwanese poor. the streets, like old medieval streets still have specializations- wedding, birds, herbs. and although the railway station is still alive with activity most of the city is emptying although we still found a glittering sweet shop around the railway station. large monstrous constructions that are hollowed out- an old jade market with a cinema within blocks of housing, or that recreation center with a ballroom and a swimming pool on the upper floors where the older shops are now occupied by the poor and the homeless. the town hall has now moved and the older site is now being speculated over for newer developments. later, annie and i walked down the new green space to the west with lights, coffee shops and malls.