It is too early to know the long term influence of the center, but it has certainly taken the place of the zoo in the Yuanshan Culture and Recreation District, along side the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, the observatory, the Artists 'Center, the Grand Hotel, and the Chientan Youth Activities Center.Yuanshan is a small area, but one that gives us some insight into forty-plus years of development across all Taiwan.
雖然它的影響力還待考驗，不過可確定的是，圓山動物園的時代已經過去了，代之而起的，是由市立美術館、天文台、藝術家聯誼中心、兒童樂園、昨日世界、圓山大飯店、劍潭青年活動中心等以圓山一帶為據點所形成的「圓山休閒文化區」。