These surveys and reports, though differing in the details, are alike in their basic character. They have a highly nostalgic flavor to them, and there is even something a little utopian in the way that planners and designers from various eras have invested this "modern" facility with their ideals. Becoming an "historic site" hasn't reduced its charm.
攤開這些同中有異的研究調查（包括行政院文建會、台北市政府文化局、都市發展局，以及國史館分別委託的 6 本報告），除了嗅到濃濃的歷史情懷，還能讀到近代工廠作為一種「烏托邦」，曾經被不同年代的規劃設計者寄託的理想，即使成為「遺址」也不減其魅惑力。