" The old city in a sad new face ".

        What a beautiful picture and view. Yes, that was the first time I felt when we were there, and that's what I felt when I first saw this new kebayoran, who grew up in this area, fascinated me with this area with all its stories and problems. Almost 1/4 of my life is in this area, yes, school and work, I don't know why when I first saw this area, I was immediately attracted to this area, I like the concept of the building, the layout of the city, the naturalism of the combination of natural art and humanism, maybe because of the blood My architecture is from my grandfather, although I don't pass on my grandfather's talent at all, I actually carry on my grandfather's other talent, doing business. 

      Yes, my late grandfather was an architect, in the Dutch era he was trusted to build and design Dutch buildings, maybe more or less like Pak Soesilo, more or less like that. One thing I remember about him is his scale ruler which is quite large and heavy made of strong teak wood which he always carries with him everywhere. The relic now we don't know where it is, where because we don't know how to use it. 

       So when I saw this new kebayoran, I immediately remembered my grandfather, the memories flashed through my head from childhood, what I saw at my grandfather's house, unique buildings, pillars, smooth black cement floors, and so on with classic nuances. Actually, I don't really understand the literature of these classic buildings, there are jengki, art deco, Scandinavian, bauhauss, roman, jugendstill, indisch, but what definitely makes me like this is art, period. "Kebayoran baru" you could say used to be nothing, forest, sparsely populated, scary, where the term genie threw away children and so on. 

   

    Now this area, which has always been the trending topic of gossip for southern youngsters, was just like a Dutch colonial dream with plans to build a satellite city in the 1930s. It is 8 km from batavia with no road access and which is only known as "kebayoran lama" an ordinary village. Until in 1947 after the Dutch reoccupied with the Nica aggression operation, the "Kebayoran baru" began to be built where "CSW" as the center, continued and continued with the concept of ecological residential park following the style in England with a residential plan with a capacity for 50,000 people. Until it was stopped in 1949 because of the "round table conference" aka "KMB", the Dutch got out of Indonesia. 

      Then it continued by Mr. Susilo, who is an Indonesian right-hand man of the Dutch architect, the mainstay of "CSW", built and built continuously until the 1962 "asian games". This area became the mainstay of supporters of "asian games" or "GANEFO", including its Blok-M bus terminal . Therefore, there are many kinds of designs in the buildings, the Dutch architectural style is thick to the point of fading. After the Dutch were completely expelled by Bung Karno in 1957, including those who lived in Kebayoran Baru, as well as the architects, in his nationalization policy. Even so, what is certain is that it remains artistically high in aesthetics because of the shrewdness of Pak Soesilo's cold hands, who are indeed capable and cannot be doubted.

         But unfortunately it's a shame that the condition of this area is now getting more chaotic, I also find it difficult to enjoy relaxing walks in the Blok-m, polim, or prapanca areas, plus new buildings that really don't respect the old historic buildings here which are the original identity of the area here, for some reason the government let these buildings, which should be guarded and cared for, very unfortunate indeed and this is not because in the name of the Netherlands, no. It's just an illustration that I have collected for days about this new kebayoran, from the comparison between then and now, even to the result that it becomes a classic ecological residential park concept, as it still exists today in Europe. A little input from our intermezo so that we don't be too selfish, so, if we want to be "selfy" so that we step back a bit and be wider, what do we do? So that, many photos of objects are captured and also stories that we can share, not only our faces, for our future descendants, later they will look for data about their ancestors, especially about their history, especially photos, pictures, videos and others. so. 

       My experience yesterday where it was very difficult to find data about this new kebayoran. It seems that the journalistic awareness of the previous people was still low and photographic documentation files were very limited and rare, even for the purpose of "establishing" a collection of historical archives from the official state documentation institution, even though Bung Karno once said #JasMerah, in fact I found it in the files abroad. It will be different if I "search" type: hongkong 1900s or sydney or hawaii or Singapore and so on, it will appear quickly and many, be it articles, pictures, even domestic and foreign, yes, it's really very unfortunate. 

       What can I say, this is Indonesia, maybe we should understand, where it is not easy for Bung Karno, Pak Harto, to manage this super big country. To pioneer, from underdeveloped countries, the colonized third world and developing countries to developed countries and is hailed by the world. You can imagine what kind of super heavy challenges were faced after the independence revolution at that time, the transfer of power from the western end of "Sabang" to the eastern end of "Merauke" with scientific knowledge, limited abilities that were urgent and emergency to manage this huge super-rich country with more than 10 cities. advance throughout the "archipelago" with 3-4 cities that are sophisticated and modern equivalent to big cities in Europe and the rest of the world. Where there are complete transportation facilities and even trams in the middle of the city, at the same time where 80% of the population is illiterate and only 3% have formal education, is a devastating effect of 350 years of colonialism. You can imagine the challenges of developing this nation by the early founders of the nation, such as Bung Karno and others. So until now we still feel all the effects and it can't be denied. May our beloved Indonesia continue and move forward and soon catch up with its lags that are even compared to its small neighboring countries.