A reflection of a society Kungkuan is in the vicinity of National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), so professors and students make up a large portion of the area's demographics. It has been a gathering place for young artists and intellectuals for 20 or 30 years now.
小型社會的縮影公館因鄰近台、師大生活圈，教授及研究人員的消費族群眾多，就像巴黎塞納河左岸，因緊鄰全世界最早設立的高等教育機構──索邦大學，而形成舊書攤、小書店圍繞的風貌，公館早在二、三十年前，就是文藝青年與知識份子流連聚集的場域。