Hello everyone,
When I was little, I was often taken for walks when my father was on vacation, especially on Saturday afternoons. This is the momentum where my father took me to the city park or to entertainment venues in the city of Medan. It doesn't have to cost a fortune, my father just took me to enjoy the beauty of the city park with lights or if there is little money, we can ride a wagon in the park. In the past, there was still a delman in this city, but now it's gone.
What I like the most, when my father brought me, Kesawan Square is an area that my father often passed to go to Merdeka Walk, so I have childhood memories that I remember with my father when passing Kesawan Square. Now, I reminisce about that trip by taking a small walk with my husband, because this afternoon I have to look for something near that area too.
Unintentionally, that afternoon we walked around, then passed the Kesawan road which was now starting to change. The mayor of the city of Medan is carrying out major renovations in this area, making some sidewalks and repairing the road which he said will be made as a pedestrian path. Kesawan Square is a commercial street where in every building there are merchants selling food, drinks and shopping centers.
Kesawan square is known as the old city in Medan City, that's why this district is very strategic as a commercial area, every building has a selling point and also this area is in the middle of Medan city, even just a few meters away from point 0 of this city. that's the city of Medan, very small so the area is just that-that's all.
Kesawan square is well known by the people of Medan, as a landmark and also a historical relic from decades ago. This area is full of old building that have Dutch colonial design and architecture, here it is very strong with quite large buildings with wide and much windows. It's not freaky for us to see building construction like this, I've always like it because it's so different from some modern building around, even the sturdiness of the building is one of its strengths, that's why it's very rare for people who own building to change the design and architecture of old buildings, only paint the color just to make it look so good and better.
It feels like it's been a long time since I've walking in this area, cause it's been almost a year since the construction of the road in Kesawan Square is close temporary to the public, you can only see a few people working day and night to build sidewalks and side streets. Until now there is still a lot of work that has not been complete, I see that it is 70% ready to be use and this road is already very busy being pass by several car drivers.
Several buildings that seem to have been renovated properly, such as one of the buildings around the Kesawan Square area. This building was used as a fairly well-known minimarket, namely YES248. There are also several buildings next to it that are still very empty, maybe there are no people interested in renting because they are still in the road renovation stage, because it will be very detrimental if the renovations are not completed.
Likewise, look at the building right next to it, which is an old building own by Bank Mandiri, one of the very large state own banks and is quite widely use by the people of Indonesia. Yas, this building has 2 levels and has lots of windows around it, so you don't need to use air conditioning because the air is cool enough with a building structure like that. Again, the building also seem to have been close, cause it was very late in the evening and the bank's operating hours were already closed. I really want to go in and know how the shape of the building. Aren't you curious, guys?
Leaving a little to the street opposite Kesawan Square, I saw an old building that looks very sturdy, owned by one of the state-owned insurance companies that are currently in big trouble. This insurance company is permanently closed due to a corruption case, namely the embezzlement of insurance funds by insurance policy holders of 10 trillion rupiah. So, there's no hope of me getting into the building. So I can only see it from the outside and also take pictures in front of the road which I think is very beautiful and aesthetic to be use as my social media feed lol.
There are also several other buildings which I will post below, see this beautiful area with its old buildings. One of the most favorite is the building owned by the Tjong A Fie family, a rich Chinese merchant who is famous for his generosity. I really wanted to go into that big house to see some of Tjong A Fie's relics which were used as a museum, not infrequently people also went in just to take pre-wedding photos or other commercial needs.
So, which building is your favorite in terms of architecture? Comment below!
See you the next time hive friends!
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