Kuala Lumpur is a young capital city, less than 170 years old. The Old Market Square — or Medan Pasar as it is known today — is where this conurbation was birthed, from an outpost of the Selangor Royal family, to a Chinese miner’s settlement, the colonial capital, the banking and legal focus of Malaysia — to an independent nation — and eventually, to a hollowed out core, left behind in the rush to develop new suburbs and taller landmarks. Now it seeks a new role. The seeds have been planted The history of Kuala Lumpur is encapsulated in Medan Pasar. A history of migrants, of conflict, of colonial intervention, of political machinations, of architectural fashion, of evolving planning policies, of individual egos, and of cultural amnesia — a story worth telling