This building is located on Jalan Asia Afrika, opposite Merdeka Building and the Museum of the Asian-African Conference. Formerly this building was a department store owned by a Dutchman, named Andreas de Vries, who came to Bandung in 1899, and was recorded as the 1,500th European resident in the city of Bandung. At the beginning of his arrival, he opened a small grocery shop on the edge of Jalan Raya Post & x28;Grote Postweg& x29;, to be precise to the north of Alun-Alun & x28;now the BRI Building& x29;. He then rented a building to the west of the Homann Hotel and moved his business. The De Vries store, which was the first department store in the city of Bandung, became famous throughout the city.
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