Square of the city (town square)

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Square of the city (town square) have a meaning more than just a place to gather and beraktivitas for people. Square knit kisahnya long story with their own in their respective cities and even countries in the world. Square is usually the form is open field, a place where people gather to do the activities, whether religious, economic, recreational, and how the theater.

In Jakarta, many prefer to use the word square in the English language, town square. Not give instructions to the existence of the square, but to be a supplement name mal / Plaza. The idea of the center is dominated by economic activity. Indeed, a place where the people gather, where they berkegiatan, such as calisthenics, eat together, to the salon, shopping household needs, the need for stylish shopping, and just ngerumpi while ngopi. In fact, in the square which is, so people can not have fish pocket.

Remember plaza, Warta Kota also remember so Alun Alun Indonesia, a gathering place of various traditional Indonesian handicrafts. Batik, herbal medicine, pedicab, ceramics, puppet, until snack time, such as chewing lizard, a layer of sugar biscuits, and other. Let attract attention, the square was used. Sejatinya no different from the mall / Plaza, also located in the center of shopping in the heart of Jakarta.

A little peek back, Batavia already have square. Square that is now called Park Fatahillah, such as in the land of the founders of Batavia, is located in front of the former city hall building. Across the city in the Netherlands, the plaza is located in front of city hall. In fact, history records menorehkan, Amsterdam city hall with the Dam Square or plaza de kembaran Dam and contrived, that is in Batavia. Of course not exactly true. See the former city hall Batavia looked like the town hall in Amsterdam a much smaller scale.

The area around the square is usually given the name of the city center or centrum. Around the park plaza shopping center, cafes, bars, restaurants, and other. Included in the shops, a souvenir seller in various forms and models.

Back to square that no others do not is not the mall / shops in the Plaza or a large scale, can all be moved to the plaza around Batavia. As always buzzed, the creative industry in order to raise Old City. Indeed, it can not be done soon, but hopefully not also berlama-old and simply fall into the discourse.

Can not be denied, square in the center of Jakarta luxury that sell souvenirs, traditional product or a decent souvenir dijagokan become. So the problem is the issue price. But what is correct and that of SMEs should get what they can?

As a colleague said, "What do, pengrajinnya get what should be appropriate, perhaps all of that free-akalan resourceful entrepreneurs to take big hit from them." Basically, if you sincerely want to take the SME's "pander-pander" of permits should not be able to "enter". And the square is again a square that is actually, a field area, where residents beraktivitas positively, can be in the form of religious activity, berkesenian, buy-sell, recreation, and other.