In the end, the city government took over renovation plans, but it never occurred to anyone that by not listening to ideas offered by vendors and customers, the renovation plans prepared by renowned architect C.Y. Lee would bring about the unprecedented modernization of the area but also the loss of its traditional ambience and its eventual death. Historians witnessed the loss with great sorrow and the people with disappointment.
沒想到這個由名建築師李祖原設計、被寄予厚望的重建計劃，卻因為沒有聽取在地攤商和客人的意見，空有現代化外觀而失去了「古早味」，終至黯然收攤，讓文史學者大感痛心，也讓民眾悵惘不已。