The architecture department of Chung Yuan University set up a work station at Tihua Street to facilitate communication with local residents and probe for their opinions. After years of stalemate between would-be preservationists and developers, the immediate reaction of some residents was "what on earth is the government doing?"
中原大學建築系曾在迪化街設立一個和居民溝通的工作站，詢問居民想法，保存和拆除兩派意見僵持不下，又是經年，居民中有人直接反應是，「政府就說到底要怎麼樣嘛？」