Professor Mii Fu-kuo of the Tamkang University Department of Architecture, who conducted a historical survey of Bopiliao in 1998 on behalf of the Taipei City Department of Civil Affairs, explains that the neighborhood managed to hang on to its original appearance because it had been zoned as part of the grounds of Laosong Elementary School and was therefore reserved for educational use.
曾受台北市民政局委託，於 1998 年進駐主持「剝皮寮古街歷史價值調查研究」的淡江大學建築系教授米復國解釋，剝皮寮能保留原貌至今，主要是自日治時代起，此地即被劃定為老松國小校地，屬教育用地。