Mayor's Residence Art and Culture Salon Introduction
The Mayor's Residence was built in 1940 and features a Japanese-style room with tatami mats and Western furniture, resembling a contemporary art museum with a "fusion of Japanese and Western styles." Prior to 1994, nearly all former mayors lived here; it remained uninhabited after Mayor Huang Da-chou moved out upon leaving office. Following the establishment of the Taipei City Bureau of Cultural Affairs, it was entrusted for external management and opened to the public, becoming an artistic and cultural center focused on cultural history and philosophy, hosting various art exhibitions and activities, and offering art courses for public learning. The Mayor's Residence includes an arts restaurant, a performance hall, a small VIP meeting room, a Japanese-style lecture hall, a living arts museum, a sunlit reading room, and approximately 100 pings of two outdoor plazas: a front yard and a backyard. The arts restaurant is a popular spot, with outdoor seating fully occupied on nice days; signature dishes include roasted lamb shanks and German pork knuckles, along with the Mayor's Residence set meal and business lunches featuring a variety of delicious flavors, as well as a thoughtful vegetable casserole specially prepared for vegetarians. The sunlit reading room exclusively sells poetry collections and is the only place in Taipei dedicated to poetry, hoping to encourage people to engage with this cultural space to enrich their spirits.
