Treasure Island Shopping Center | |
Native Name: | 金銀島購物中心 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
Location: | No. 688, Kaisyuan 4th Road, Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Coordinates: | 22.5985°N 120.3196°W |
Closing Date: | 31 March 2015 |
Floors: | 1 above ground 1 below ground |
Publictransit: | Kaisyuan metro station |
Treasure Island Shopping Center is a defunct shopping center located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With a total floor area of, the mall started trial operations on 27 March 1999 and officially opened on 10 April 1999.[1] On 31 March 2015, the mall ended operation.[2]
Since Treasure Island Shopping Center is located around the Port of Kaohsiung, the mall takes the ships sailing the sea as the overall design image: empty ground squares, parking lots are like the endless sea, and the sea is dotted with giant lighthouses and pirate ships. The entire mall can also be regarded as a giant ship. The ground floor is a vast ship deck. Through the central sunken starlight stage and the multiple entrances and exits around it, the ground floor deck and the business space of the basement cabin are connected.[3]
In the early days of its opening, artist autograph meetings were held and there were occasional performances in the Starlight Stage on the basement floor. Large-scale book fairs, wedding fairs, and furniture fairs will be held from time to time in the exhibition space surrounding the stage in the mall. In the later stage of operation, a small open-air coffee shop was added to the square on the ground floor to provide a leisure function for watching the night view of the harbor.[4]