Times changed. As buildings popped up in eastern Taipei, the old western districts grew increasingly shabby. Damaged by fires in 1993 and 1999 and suffering from poor structural integrity, Yuanhuan was home to only a dozen or so remaining stalls, most of the older ones having moved to Chongqing North Road.
風水輪流轉，當東區大樓越蓋越高，西區老舊市區逐漸頹敗，圓環也因 1993 年、1999 年兩次大火，建築物傾倒，復建後僅剩十餘攤繼續營業，有些老店則搬遷到重慶北路上。