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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall's gardens, with dancers and dog walkers at dawn, with the Taipei Dome and Songshan Cultural and Creative Park to the north

Street Environment 7.3 · Convenience 7.6

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01First impressions

In the early morning at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Park, people do their morning exercises, practice dancing, and walk their dogs—nearby residents treat it as their own big park. The grounds cover more than 110,000 square meters, with Cuihu Lake, about 8,000 square meters, in the middle. Heading north across Zhongxiao East Road is the Taipei Dome, which opened in 2023, and further north is the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, converted from a tobacco factory. The homes are sandwiched between these large venues, mostly mid-rise apartment buildings and walk-ups 30 to 40 years old or older.

02What works

The MRT is close to home too: Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station's structure spans both sides of Guangfu South Road, with exits 3, 4, and 5 located within the neighborhood, which is why public transit ranks 13th among Taipei's 73 neighborhoods. Guangfu Elementary School is also within the neighborhood, and 97% of the neighborhood falls within its school district. Sidewalks rank 4th, making it easy to walk to the park or school.

03Heads-up

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall's main building has been closed for renovation since February 26, 2024, but the surrounding Zhongshan Cultural Park remains open as usual. The Taipei Dome connects to the MRT station via an underground passageway, but when events let out, traffic on Guangfu South Road is under heavy pressure. During a concert in late 2024, residents of the adjacent Xinglong Village reported chandeliers and water cups shaking, and the city government received 84 calls to the 1999 hotline that night. Guangfu Market, where people buy groceries, is located at Lane 496, Section 4, Ren'ai Road, just outside the southern edge of the neighborhood. The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall neighborhood as commonly discussed in the real estate market extends west to Yanji Street, but this neighborhood only includes areas east of Guangfu South Road. The street view photo sampling only covered 33 grid cells, just above the 30-cell threshold, so the rankings are for reference only.

04A bit of history

The Songshan Tobacco Factory opened in 1939, during the Japanese colonial era. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall was completed in 1972, designed by Wang Da-Hong, and is now a municipal monument. The tobacco factory ceased production in 1998, and its northern half later became the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, operated by the Taipei Culture Foundation since 2011. The southern half of the site became the Taipei Dome in 2023.

Compiled by TidyMap with AI from public sources · updated 2026-10 · 9 sources

Scores

Compared with the 73 Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)

Street Environment7.3No. 7
Cleanliness8.3No. 8
Buildings6.5No. 8
Sidewalks7.6No. 4
Greenery6.8No. 13
Convenience7.6No. 31
Transit7.9No. 13
Everyday shopping6.9No. 59
Healthcare8.2No. 51

What's here

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  • Sun Yat-sen Memorial HallSun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a municipal monument completed in 1972, surrounded by 110,000 sq m of grounds.
  • Taipei DomeTaipei Dome opened in 2023 with a fixed capacity of 40,575 seats.
  • Songshan Cultural and Creative ParkSongshan Cultural and Creative Park was once the Songshan Tobacco Factory, which stopped production in 1998.
  • Guangfu Elementary SchoolGuangfu Elementary School is in this neighborhood, with a catchment covering some villages in Taipei's East District area.
  • 光復國小Catchment covers 97%
  • 興雅國小Nearby・Catchment covers 3%
  • 興雅國中Nearby・Catchment covers 73%・Shared catchment
  • 仁愛國中Nearby・Shared catchment
  • 松山高中
  • 中崙高中Nearby
  • 育達高中Nearby
  • 西松高中Nearby
  • 松山工農Nearby
  • 東方工商Nearby
  • 秀傳醫院0.1 km away
  • Sun Yat-Sen Memorial HallSun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall Station straddles Guangfu South Road, with Exits 3–5 in this neighborhood.
  • Taipei City Hall
  • 遠東 Garden City 本館 (商場棟)

NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the 2026 school-year village/neighborhood catchment table, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" means families there can choose between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.

33 blocks · Curated boundary · Data version 2026-10-28

How are these measured?

Compared against the Taipei neighborhoods in this guide; metrics without enough data are not ranked. Shopping counts convenience stores plus the nearer of a supermarket or a traditional market (public and private retail markets); night markets, vendor zones and shopping-street shops are not counted. Transit is rail-first with a lower weight for buses.

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