Pasar Mayestik: History and Textiles

Pasar Mayestik, as we know it today, is a magnet for textiles shoppers, but it began as the central market of Kebayoran Baru, the satellite town planned by the Dutch for civil servants and white-collar professionals. Ground was broken in March 1949, only months before the end of the Dutch restoration government; construction was completed by the new Indonesian government in 1955.

With its restaurants, cinema, open-air stalls, and shop houses including a pharmacy, a laundry, a hardware store, and various general stores, Pasar Mayestik quickly became the commercial hub of South Jakarta, as well as an upscale community center where South Jakartans went to watch a movie or took their out-of-town guests to Sunday lunch. Read more @ http://nowjakarta.co.id/pasar-mayestik-history-and-textiles