Beginning in 1993, residents began a long protest campaign against gas stations in the neighborhood. Everybody got together for long meetings in which they would discuss strategy. For these, people would have to pack inside homes, and they began to feel that they lacked a public meeting place.
民國八十二年起，芝山岩附近居民開始長期反對社區內設立加油站，大夥經常不眠不休地開會商討抗爭策略，每每只能擠在居民家中，大家都感覺缺乏一個聚會場所。