Let’s Dreaming of The Past!

Let’s Dreaming of The Past!: "Thanks to my boss who sent a link of a very well edited video showing in full color of how Batavia looked like in 1941.

The video goes of showing the existing condition of many parts of the city - now Jakarta- especially buildings, parks, markets, shelters, and how the light traffic flows from and to the center of the city.

All types of transportation modes in old days were in place ranging from bicycle, andong or horse-drawn carriage, cars, and not surprisingly trams. The editors also picked some scene of markets, government buildings, cafes, and one or two busy stations that I suspect were Jatinegara and Gambir. In short, the video shows that Jakarta in the 40s was the same level of other parts of the world as a candidate of a megacity in the future."

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