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Moojen’s houses in Kramat (2)
Houses on Jalan Kramat 5 (Kramatlaan) in 1912 and number 16 today The 22 two-storey houses designed by architect P.A.J. Moojen on Kramatlaan (Jalan Kramat V) and Laan Wiechert (Jalan Kramat VII) answered the need to tackle Batavia/Jakarta's housing shortage in 1909,...
Moojen’s houses in Kramat (1)
Houses on Jalan Kramat 7 (Laan Wiechtert) in 1912 (above) and now (under) Most meetings of the Batavia/Jakarta City Council between 1908 and 1911 were dominated by debates and decisions to tackle the city's severe housing shortage. A newspaper in January 1909...
Taman Cut Meutia 1912
Taman Cut Meutia (Entree Gondangdia) in 1912 Newly built houses by De Bouwploeg on the southern side of the just constructed entrance to the new residential district of New Gondangdia (now Jalan Cut Meutia). These two-storey dwellings were located on the right side of...
Taman Cut Meutia 1920
Taman Cut Meutia (Entree Gondangdia) in 1920 The Batavia/Jakarta City Council approved a plan in October 1910 to construct an entire new residential district on the grounds of the former lands 'Gondangdia' and 'Menteng'. This was urgent as the city suffered from a...
Cikini Gondangdia intersection 1935
The Cikini Gondangdia (Simpang Lima) intersection in 1935 Following the 1941 view of this 'simpang lima' intersection, which we published a few days ago, this time a lovely picture of the same crossing, from a slightly different angle though, from the mid 1930s. From...
Cikini Gondangdia intersection 1941
The intersection Simpang Lima at Cikini - Jalan R.P. Soeroso 1941 A unique view of a unique building that stood on this place until at least 1995. During a visit to Jakarta in 1995 I suffered from a tummy bug while staying in a guesthouse along Jalan Gondangdia Kecil....
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