I unintentionally found an online article today that a building in Semarang's Old City area had collapsed. This collapsed building is known as Butterworth Building, a remaining old facade building at currently situated at Kepodang Street. According to sources this building was built in 1930s by a British Trader.
It appears to be a remnant of front part of an old building with rows of louvered wooden windows within its arched transoms. And of course, there is an appearance of a kind of temple ornament, a giant head on top of a wooden door. It should be the main entrance belong to this building.
This news is quite surprising because in mid-November I have just visited this building. And maybe I was lucky enough to capture the building appearance in previous conditions. In fact, I also capture the appearance of this building more than ten years ago as seen in the picture below. In comparison, the condition of the building lasted quite a long time before finally collapsing this week.
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