Residents flocked into the street to watch the group's performance every night and therefore the road was improved by stone pavements, and oil lamps were installed.

The street became more famous with a grocery store named De Vries which sold daily needs for plantation owners.

Several well-known Western companies opened their stores in the street, including Chrysler, Plymouth and Renault car distributors.

[1] Colonial bookstores, watches and jewelry retailers and boutique shops were common in the street for the high society.

In 1906, the city council began replacing stone by asphalt and applying a new rule of designing new buildings at the street.

Aalbers in 1936, the radical modern architecture building was used for the DENIS (De Eerste Nederlandsch-Indische Spaarkas or the First Dutch-Indies Savings) bank.