Kota!!

[indistad]

It used to be the Central Business District of Batavia. Now its a pretty derelict part of town. I hope you guys enjoy old buildings.

[Alvin]

Wonderful pics of the Old City..it's cleaner that I imagined it was. what time did you take the pic?

[indistad]

I took it around January this year. I was in Jakarta for a month and thought of nothing better to do than take pictures.

Yeah, I think it is nice. I have some pics of Kali Besar. I think the city gov.'s planning to remake it into a tourist district. I think they should. There is a lot of buildings here that could be turned into hotels or restaurants or even mini--malls.

During the 20-30s, the area was the main business district of Batavia. This is the place where many International Banks and Corporations have their office.

[JktCity]

this actually pretty cool @ the 1st pic, if you imagine away the motorists then the street looks like an european street with the old buildings aside of it.

[sendok]

should post this thread in the dutch section and see what they've got to say

[Mahaputra]

eh sendok.. are u new to the forum?
if u are.. welcome to the forum dude

[kota16]

Quite interesting pics, from the kota area of old Batavia. The old government buildings are older than any in Australia.

[sendok]

not new actually. just started posting replies.

[Mahaputra]

[Mahaputra]

there's a couple of pics of museum fatahillah and museum senirupa which i posted on the thread - ultimate jakarta skyline thread - .. i cant be bothered posting em again.. eheheheh.. ;p

[kota16]

I think Jakarta is a very interesting city,and has the big beat of life.I like the high culture of the Javanese people and gamelin music.

[Mahaputra]

[joko]

Menara Syah Bandar:


Musium Bahari:




Galangan Kapal VOC:




Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa:


Musium Fatahillah/Musium Sejarah Jakarta:


Toko Merah:




Jembatan Kota Intan:


Bangunan-bangunan tua:

[wonkcerbon]

actually my city Cirebon have a lot ancient building but many of them ruined by last reign ( U know who !!), one of remain those building become pic on Indonesian money..

'anyway nice pic's

[sanhen]

Welcome to the thread wonkcerbon,
Please register yourself here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=111519

[kikitielman]

wow never explore jarta to the detail, they blow me out of the water, nice pics, and welcome for wonkcerbon, abdi oge ti tanah sunda

[wonkcerbon]

Originally Posted by kikitielman

wow never explore jarta to the detail, they blow me out of the water, nice pics, and welcome for wonkcerbon, abdi oge ti tanah sunda

thanks bro..
awewe Bandung rulesz..!!

[joko]

Galangan Kapal VOC (VOC Shipyard):

http://img50.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img50&image=voc1.jpg


http://img50.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img50&image=voc2.jpg

[tata]

Jok, XXXcellent!!! you never cease to surprise us with awesome pic of Jakarta. This gives me ideas where to go, next time I'm visiting the city!!! Keep them coming!

[Alvin]

Building owners to revive old Batavia
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Formerly the center of trade and business activities in the Dutch colonial era, the Kota area in West Jakarta is in dire need of conservation as it crumbles away due to the ravages of time and neglect.

The absence of any progress in the planned restoration programs of the city administration has prompted several residents, who own heritage buildings in the area, to team up to establish the Batavia Advancement Committee as an effort to revive the historical area.

"We are really impatient considering that there has been no progress made by the administration to revive the Kota area... That's why we established this group, comprising of heritage building owners, to push the administration to conduct its program to restore the area," Ella Ubaidi, one of the owners told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

At least seven people, who owns properties in Kota, have joined the group to push the revitalization program.

"Of course, we will invite more 'neighbors', who own heritage sites in the area, to join the drive. We want to restore the area so that it will be worth seeing as a tourist attraction, like other old cities in the West," she said.

The group will organize a ceremony on Sept. 26 at Kali Besar River as a public campaign to clean the river so that the people will not treat the 13 rivers flowing through the city as their garbage dump. Foreign ambassadors and Governor Sutiyoso are expected to attend the ceremony.

In preparation for the ceremony, the City Public Works Agency and the City Sanitation Agency cleaned up the river last week.

The committee, led by Miranda Gultom representing Bank Indonesia, which owns one of the buildings located in the zone, met with Jakarta officials to discuss the future of the restoration program.

Critics have repeatedly said that the administration's poor attention to heritage sites has left many buildings in poor condition.

Jakarta is home to hundreds of heritage sites, most of which are in a poor condition since their owners refuse to fork out the huge funds needed to preserve the old buildings, arguing that the buildings have no economic value.

The administration declared Kota as a city tourist destination as well as a conservation zone in 1972 when Ali Sadikin was governor.

Most Jakarta governors after Ali from Tjokropranolo up to Sutiyoso have also announced programs to revitalize the area, however, none have materialized so far.