a walking tour with JAKARTA GOOD GUIDE in MENTENG area and the story behind it ‼

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#Menteng is the south-central district of Central Jakarta, one of the administrative municipalities in the capital city #Jakarta, Indonesia.

The nexus of its heritage is the Menteng neighbourhood (Project), a new urban design developed mainly in the 1910s as a residential area for Indo-Dutch people, the upper middle class, and high officials. At that time it was the first garden suburb in colonial #Batavia. Nearby lay the central business district and all the major institutions and the residential aspect remains exclusive. Among former residents are William Soeryadjaya, ex-premiers Suharto, Soekarnoputri and US premier Barack Obama during some of his childhood where he attended the #Besuki Public and Saint Francis of Assisi Schools.

The district is south of Merdeka Square. It is roughly bounded by Kebon Sirih Road to the north, a canal to the west, the canal Kali Malang to the south, and the Ciliwung river to the east.

Passenger railways host #Gondangdia, #Sudirman, #Cikini, and #Mampang Stations here, or on the limits of Menteng. Mohammad Husni #Thamrin Road, a transportation artery, is in the west of the district.

Menteng residential area is located in Menteng district. The residential area spread over the administrative villages of Menteng and Gondangdia. Menteng residential area is the first modern housing estate in Jakarta. It was developed by the private real estate company N.V. de Bouwploeg, established by P.A.J. Moojen who had been active in Batavia since 1930. The plan of Menteng residential area was designed by Moojen and F.J. Kubatz during the course of the 1910s. Moojen was also a member of a development group established by Batavia city government, the Commisie van toesicht op het Geheer van het Land Menteng, which was responsible for planning and developing the larger area of Gondangdia (Nieuw Gondangdia) of which Menteng was the centerpiece.

Menteng Project was the most ambitious residential planning project between 1910 and 1939. The project was meant to be the southern expansion of the city Batavia. Karsten, in his 1939 memorandum to the colonial government, referring to Menteng Project and several other residential projects in the Indies - pointed out that real estate offices and the building trade have turned their attention to the needs of the upper middle class - particularly those of the Europeans, but moreover those of the small category categories of the other population groups in that class (i.e. natives and foreign orientals, mostly Chinese).

Before Menteng residential area
The land that is now Menteng residential area was originally privately owned estates Menteng and Gondangdia. Between 1755 and 1762, the Menteng estate belonged to a Moor Assan Nina Daut. In 1790, the land was handed over to Pieter J. du Chene de Vienne. In 1815, the land was handed over to Jakob P. Barends. In 1867, the land was handed over to an Arab man from Hadramaut, one of the recorded descendants was the Shahap/Shahab family who were the landlord of the private land in what is now Menteng from 1881 to 1990, as recorded in the 1817 Regerings-Almanak. In 1890, this private land was an estate of 73 hectares inhabited by 3,562 peasants, situated south of Kebon Sirih neighborhood (south of Koningsplein). In 1901 the land recorded as being used for rice paddies, fields and coconut plantation.

When the city of Batavia was confident to absorb new supply of middle-class housing – as well as to prevent further illegal kampung development from encroaching onto this area – the city decided to purchase the Menteng land and created the technical commission to oversee its development. De Bouwploeg was established to acquire a plot of land in Menteng and another 73 hectare of land from the Gondangdia private estate. The land in Gondangdia private estate was bought by Bouw- en Cultuur Maatschappij Gondangdia from a Dutch widow J.V.D. Bergh in 1892, which at that time inhabited by 3,052 peasants.

Moojen's original plan for Menteng resembles the garden city model of Ebenezer Howard. The plan combined wide cross-cutting boulevards with concentric rings of streets and a central public square. At the northern entrance to the Menteng residential area, he designed civic landmarks: the Art Center, the cultural center of early 20th-century Batavia.

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Menteng merupakan perumahan villa pertama di kota Jakarta (dulu Batavia), yang dikembangkan antara tahun 1910 dan 1918. Perancangnya adalah tim arsitek yang dipimpin oleh P.A.J. #Mooijen, seorang arsitek #Belanda yang merupakan anggota tim pengembang yang dibentuk pemerintah kota Batavia.

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