Its administrative district was Taipei City, and in neighboring communities just across the bridge, an inch of land was already worth an inch of gold. But the ban on new development caused reluctance to proceed without construction of public works. Disordered, illegal constructions and dilapidated old red brick structures with leaky roofs are everywhere.
行政區隸屬台北市士林區的社子島，在僅有一橋之隔的鄰近城鎮已寸土寸金之時，卻因禁建令而地方建設裹足不前；參差零亂的違建此起彼落；破舊、天雨即漏水的紅磚老宅，比比皆是。