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Heritage as Urban Anchor: Beimen and Taipei's Gateway District Redesign

Taipei's North Gate (Beimen) has undergone significant transformations, reflecting evolving urban planning and heritage preservation attitudes. Once a frontier, spared during colonial rule, and later overshadowed by infrastructure, it has regained prominence with the development of a surrounding plaza.

The gate's history includes being an imperial frontier, surviving Japanese colonial rule, and being surrounded by postwar overpasses and highways.

Recent development of a plaza has repositioned Beimen as a central feature of the gateway district.

This evolution highlights heritage preservation not just through the structure itself, but also through the management of surrounding open spaces.

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