Jakartans Demand Public Space

7 October 2009 - 8:00am

Residents of the city of Penjaringan in North Jakarta brought a proposal to the government to convert the area underneath a toll road into a public space.

The residents participated in a community visioning process and designed ideas for the underused area.

""We want a reading area," said resident Robi Cahyadi.

Another resident, Turah, a housewife, said she wanted a space where her children could play."

Source: The Jakarta Post, October 6, 2009
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Instead of demeaning so-called "third world cities", we would do well to observe, understand, and adapt such approach on a much more widescale basis.