Through Governor Anies' Decree, The Status Of The New Market And Proclamation Park Is Now Changing

Pasar Baru (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The DKI Provincial Government has designated Pasar Baru Street and Ciliwung Canal Jalan Antara as cultural heritage structures, while the Proclamation Park has become a cultural heritage site.

The Head of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Culture Service, Iwan Henry Wardhana, said that the determination of the three objects as cultural heritage had gone through a study process carried out by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Cultural Heritage Expert Team throughout 2021 and had been stipulated in the DKI Jakarta Governor's Decree.

"This is a commitment to protect, develop, and utilize cultural heritage in the form of objects, buildings, structures, sites, and areas that need to be managed by the government and local governments by increasing community participation to protect, develop, and utilize the cultural heritage around them. us," said Iwan in Jakarta, Wednesday, February 9, quoted from Antara.

The reason for the determination of the Pasar Baru Street and Ciliwung Canal sections as cultural heritage structures, is because they are part of man-made objects that were created to meet needs and as space for activities that accommodated human needs in ancient times.

Meanwhile, the Proclamation Park which is located on Jalan Proklamasi is used as a cultural heritage site because in that location there are cultural heritage objects, cultural heritage buildings, or cultural heritage structures as a result of human activities or evidence of past events.

From the statement from the DKI Culture Service, the Pasar Baru Road was designated as a cultural heritage through the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 36 of 2022 concerning the Designation of the Pasar Baru Road Section as a Cultural Conservation Structure.

The Jalan Pasar Baru section is located on Jalan Pasar Baru, Pasar Baru Village, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta, which stretches perpendicularly from Jalan Pos (formerly known as Groote Postweg) to Jalan Samanhudi (formerly Krekot Pintoe Besi, 1930).

This road section had become an icon and was the heart of commercial activities in its time.

Now, activities on the Pasar Baru road must compete with various shopping centers that have emerged in the city of Jakarta. Along Jalan Pasar Baru there are also several buildings that have been designated as Cultural Conservation Buildings in accordance with the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 475 of 1993.

Such as the building of Jalan Pasar Baru Number 2; Garuda Sports and Music store, Jalan Pasar Baru building No. 8; Jean Machine Factory Outlet, Jalan Pasar Baru No. 30 building; Kezia Bella International Tailor and Textile shop, and Jalan Pasar Baru building No. 46; Ratu Clothing Store, and other buildings suspected of cultural heritage, such as the Compact Shop, Tropic Shop, and Nyonya Meneer Shop. Then Pasar Baru Selatan Street was stipulated through the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 44 of 2022 concerning the Designation of the Ciliwung Canal between Jalan Antara and Jalan Pasar Baru Selatan as a Cultural Conservation Structure.

The Ciliwung Canal on Jalan Antara and Jalan Pasar Baru Selatan is located on Jalan Antara and Jalan Pasar Baru Selatan, Pasar Baru Village, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta. The canal structure in Pasar Baru runs from west to east along Jalan Antara and Jalan Pasar Baru Selatan.

The riverbed is made of concrete, and the riverbank is bordered by Jalan Pos and Jalan Sutomo. The canal structure in Pasar Baru is part of the Ciliwung River, which functions to control flooding and supply water.

The Ciliwung Canal was part of the Old Batavia (Oud Batavia) which was founded on March 4, 1621. The Ciliwung Canal then expanded southward to Weltevreden as Nieuw Batavia.

As for the Proclamation Park as a Cultural Conservation Site, it is stipulated through the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 37 of 2022 concerning the Designation of the Proclamation Park as a cultural heritage site.