CONCEPT Medan as a metropolis that has not merely access infrastructure for the benefit of its people living without leaving the aesthetic value that has an appeal that can entertain townsfolk apparently was started 125 years ago.
Infrastructure is built not just liaison between the business district around the Merdeka Square where are De Javasche Bank, Hotel De Boer and Kesawan with dense residential community around Java Road without disturbing the busy crossing railway track in a big station at that time.
National historian and chairman of the Center for Historical Studies and Social Sciences University of Medan (Unimed Pusis), Phil Ichwan Azhari, said of the form of architecture, Titi Hanging obviously built not only as a mere infrastructure.
Conditions kontsruksi winding solidly built and equipped a beautiful ornament popular style when it becomes a public crossing on foot and cycling while looking at the train station and atmosphere Merdeka field that is often at the center of the crowd at the time, he said.
Looking at the current state, Titi Hanging obviously not built just as infratsruktur that facilitate public access in the city at that time, so keberadaany has three functions, he said.
Function, further Ichwan, namely as a community liaison of regional access to public places and settlement business center, crossing without disturbing the railroad and as a place of recreation for the city.
However, from time to time where Titi Hanging experience various phases, of which never became a center of used books in the Medan and then in the current system began polished back by the city government, he said.
While a variety of buildings and spaces under and around the Titi Hanging currently used as various places of business and society just as other selling, the past is the means of transport of goods trains, he said.
Merdeka Square neighborhood at that time in addition to functioning as the center of the city where a variety of events and activities of the government of the people when it is implemented, is also dealing directly with the largest banking facilities at the time that the De Javasche Bank to Bank Indonesia Medan.
Besides, it also stands entertainment facilities and other business activities such as Hotel De Boer (Dharma Deli) and other government activities such as the Post Office today and with centers Kesawan pertokoannya that time.
Titi Hanging is the only government-built infrastructure that moment as access from residential areas of dense communities around Java Road, and Central Market to the business center and the crowd around the Merdeka Square, call Ichwan.
It as a historical researcher said it was concerned about the existence of the Hanging Titi and will soon propose to the government officials in order Pemko field with PT KAI to build the railway museum in the basement around the Titi Hanging to liven its existence back to public attention.
Among the re-arrange old locomotive, which was displayed at this time so that more useful for visitors to the museum community, the display of a model replica of an old locomotive ever to operate when the height of the plantation business in East Sumatra, he said.
From a number of literature, titi who had never used the historical value and open exchange of cheap used was built by Spoorweg Deli Maatschappij (Dutch Railway Company) in 1885.
Hanging titi built across the railway tracks are right next to the Railway Station Medan today. Hanging Titi unique designation for a pedestrian bridge over the tracks is because people call Medan granted.
Until now, the plain title became a popular name for the bridge crossing the railway line still serinmg visited some of the citizens to just see-saw.
Some of the photos of Titi Gantung, aesthetic traces of Medan in the past:
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