Xinyi District or Sinyi District is considered the financial district of Taipei,Taiwan. The district is also one of the shopping areas in Taipei,anchored by a number of department stores and malls.
During Japanese rule (1895–1945),Matsuyama Village (Japanese:松山庄) covered modern day Xinyi and Songshan districts. The village was named after Matsuyama City in Japan and formed part of Shichisei District,Taihoku Prefecture. Matsuyama Village was incorporated into Taihoku City (modern-day Taipei) in 1938. It was renamed Songshan District in 1945.
In 1990,Songshan District was split in two as part of a citywide reorganization. The southern half became Xinyi District while the northern half retained its name. The present border of Xinyi runs along Civic Boulevard. Xinyi is separated from the Nangang District on the east by Fude St.;from Wenshan District in the south by Baozijiang and Poneikeng (坡內坑) Mountains;and from Daan District in the west by the Zhuangjing Tunnel (莊敬隧道),Keelung Road and Guangfu Road. Development of the area in the 1990s transformed Xinyi into a modern shopping district which by 2010 boasted the highest property values in Taiwan.[citation needed]
At 508.2m (1,667ft) tall,Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the World from 2004 to 2010 and is still currently Asia's 6th tallest building and the ninth tallest building in the world,as of November 2018. Visitors can visit the 89th floor observatory by means of the world's second fastest elevator (63km/h or 37.5mph).
Taipei City Hall is located on City Hall Rd. (市府路). The plaza outside city hall,Citizen's Square (市民廣場),is often used as a concert venue including the annual New Year's celebrations.
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi,a high-end Japanese department store,operates four buildings in the district. The buildings are (in order from least floor space to most floor space):A4,which specializes in women's fashion,has,among other retail stores,a Hands Tailung store,a Häagen-Dazs,and a supermarket;A9,which houses expensive international boutiques and has a large fnac store on B2;A11,which features products for the entire family. Each building has a number of restaurants,featuring cuisines from around the world.
Eslite Bookstore,Taiwan's premier bookstore,opened their flagship store in the district in early 2006. Spanning over 7 floors,this bookstore is the largest in Taiwan. The bookstore has an expansive magazine collection (especially foreign magazines),a floor dedicated to children's books,a Japanese bookstore,art bookstore,Simplified Chinese book collection,and more. There are event halls where authors address their articles or topics related to their books.
Located at 12,Songshou Rd (台北市松壽路12號9樓),this building was formerly called New York New York. After ATT Group bought the mall in 2010 it was closed,remodeled,and opened under the name ATT 4 FUN in the second half of 2011. The mall features 11 floors of shopping,restaurants,and clubs.
Historic Coal Mines
Plaque of the Hexing Coal Mine
Xinyi District has several historic coal mines from the Japanese colonial period. Two of them have been renovated:the Hexing Mine (和興炭坑),[1] Alley 471,Lane 150,Section 5,Xinyi Road,and the Dexing Mine (德興炭坑)[2] near the trailhead of the Tiaomi Trail,[3] Alley 100,Lane 600,Wuxing Road.
Martial Law Era Victims of Political Violence Memorial Park
This historic memorial of victims of the "White Terror" is located on a hillside overlooking the present Taipei 101 shopping district.[4]
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