User:Two hundred percent/Dirtbox/Golden Triangle, Kuala Lumpur

History

The origins of the Golden Triangle can be traced back to the colonial era when the present site of the area was first used as a middle-to-upper class suburb outside the old city centre of Kuala Lumpur. In tandem with the city's economic growth during the first two decades of the 20th century, the area laid host to a number of homes for tycoons and their families, many of which were completed between 1900 and 1930. The suburb was initially based directly northeast from the old city, and gradually expanded eastward towards the town of Ampang following the 1930s. The suburb also serves as the location of the Selangor Gymkhana Club (currently known as the Selangor Turf Club) between the 1890s and the 1990s.

In ----, Kuala Lumpur City Hall designated the suburb as a new commercial hub in response to demand for more development space, as well as Kuala Lumpur's newfound Federal Territory status that expanded its boundaries beyond the suburb in ----. New homes continued to be built up until the early 1970s, but low-density residential buildings were no longer encouraged to be constructed in the area during the decade. The large expanse of residential estates, coupled with flat terrain and ample room for expansion of transportation links, made the suburb prime real estate, cumulating to numerous buy-offs of estates and demolition of residential houses in place of high-rise buildings of various uses.

The most notable development within the area was the Petronas Twin Towers, built over the site of the original Selangor Turf Club during the 1990s. As part of an ambitious attempt by ---Dr M's--- government to..., the development, to be part thereof of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre, was to serve as a tourist attraction as well as a dense commercial and upmarket residential complex surrounding a large park.

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Education

Until the 2000s, the Golden Triangle was home to only two schools, both of which were prominent missionary schools: St Mary's Girls School(?), and the Bukit Bintang Girls' School.

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Others

Locate next to Taman U-Thant across Circular Rd., the Golden Triangle also houses several embassies, consulates and high commissions...

Transport

Roads

Weld Dr. (Jalan Raja Tulan) Ampang Rd. (Jalan Ampang) Circular Rd. (Jalan Tun Lazat) Treacher Rd. (Jalan Sultan Ice Cream)

Buses (Not as if we need that crappy bus route chart again. Bastard)

Railways

The Golden Triangle had no prior railway system or railway stations before the 1990s, as railway lines were more concentrated to the west in old Kuala Lumpur. As such, access to places in the Golden Triangle originally relied solely on roads.

The late-1990s saw the introduction of the first railway line, the PUTRA LRT system, which serves the Golden Triangle, but concentrates on the northernmost border of the area at Ampang Road, affront the Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC, and Ampang Park. An additional monorail line, which finally opened in 2003, runs along the southwest of the Golden Triangle via -- Rd from Bukit Bintang at the southeast to Chow Kit at the northwest. This brings the tally of stations in the Golden Triangle to four: Two from PUTRA and two from the monorail.