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Abandoned stadium converted into a community garden, Taipei, Taiwan
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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
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https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6310571

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fizzle quokk.au fizzle@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-11-21
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That's interesting. I think I have mixed feelings.

It's not the whole stadium or even the whole seating area used for the gardens. It was built as a soccer stadium but hosted more concerts than games given that there's no local league or something. In 2008 the city decided to convert it to a more general purpose "expo" type venue.

From what I can see this was achieved by constructing a large tin box where the soccer field was. This created a kind of dead / difficult to utilise area where the grand stands are, so this was one of the uses. I'm not sure what the rest is used for, but it looks to have a roof over it. It's possible they constructed a floor over the seats.

It's interesting that the 80's style score board is still in place. There's some kind of weird accounting going on here.

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tofu lemmy.nocturnal.garden tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden
Joined: 2025-03-04
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That's interesting. I think I have mixed feelings. It's not the whole stadium or even the whole seating area used for the gardens. It was built as a soccer stadium but hosted more concerts than games given that there's no local league or something. In 2008 the city decided to convert it to a more general purpose "expo" type venue. From what I can see this was achieved by constructing a large ti...

Found it on Google, you can see it's seatings are about 60% used for planting. I think the rest is still used for other stuff, but the article isn't super clear on that.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/CUYSpX7ZTRGtFAXNA?g_st=ac

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SaharaMaleikuhm feddit.org SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-23
#4 · Quote Reply

Absolutely rad

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foxymochakitten slrpnk.net foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-05-22
#5 · Quote Reply

oh wow :O that's beautiful!! I would love to visit a place like this (or be part of creating one)

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Danquebec sh.itjust.works Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-01-03
#6 · Quote Reply

My only critiscism is the fake grass.

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Baggie lemmy.zip Baggie@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-12-23
#7 · Quote Reply

My only critiscism is the fake grass.

Better for walking a bunch than solid concrete, but yeah I get you.

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Gsus4 mander.xyz Gsus4@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-08-25
#8 · Quote Reply

Food forest, food forest!

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-13
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Like are stadiums sorta perfect for this. I kinda wonder if they can make cheaper ones without all the unnecessary facilities. OMD! its like the field could be a park with some trees and paths and then have all the gardens circling around and you have bathroom facilities and maybe some indoor courts for public use.

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VitoRobles lemmy.today VitoRobles@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-01-26
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Absolutely incredible.

A lot of stadiums in the US were built by stolen tax dollars that are given to billionaires. We should take it back and do this.

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