The displaced street vendors ended up blocking access to existing businesses. In 1987 the locals drafted a plan to build a steel-frame canopy which would extend out over the road as well as a Chinese-style monumental archway right at the street entrance, making it a fancy spot at the time.
1987 年在地方人士奔走下，華西街觀光夜市規模確立，道路中央加蓋鋼架頂棚，街口豎起中國式牌樓，曾領一時風騷。