The above picture is taken in the year of 2011, during my visit at Jl. Kepodang Semarang. The street is formelrly known as Hogendorpstraat during Dutch Colonial Era. Obviously, most of the old facade elements such as the gable triangle shape on top of facade, circular wall ornament shape, louvre windows with roman arches on top of it and also rich balusters at balcony railing. According to historical source, this building known as formerly Spaarbank, an finacial institution that established during Dutch Colonial Era.
And then the following picture is taken during my visit on the same site in the year of 2023, and the building currently known as CIMB Bank Office Building. There were some detail adjustements on current building facade, but still the overall impression of the facade appearance looks almost similar to the original one. It have revamp to new appearance with same building function as a Bank Office, without any major obstruction to the existing building facade.
