![]() ![]() So did internationally-known franchise restaurants and department stores. ![]() Many multinational companies, banks, and other business institutions opened their branches in the city. The city seems to have been trying hard to change its previous image as a big village to an image of a global city.Īnd before the monetary crisis began to strike, Jakarta – a member of the Mega-Cities network and a sister-city to about a dozen other cities around the globe – to some extent had gotten the feeling of such a global city. Glittering skyscrapers, luxurious high-rise apartment buildings, spacious shopping malls and busy thoroughfares have gradually been replacing semi-permanent squatter settlements, crowded traditional markets and mud-puddled streets as the common features of many parts of the city. The past three decades in the life of the city of Jakarta have drastically changed its urban landscape. ![]() The city seems to have been trying hard to change its previous image as a big village to an image of a global city Tulisan Wicaksono Sarosa dan pernah dipublikasikan dalam Majalah Jakarta dan Arsitektur edisi Mei-Juni 1998, hal 22-24 Dok: Nurulitha Andini ![]()
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