Tag: Bella Napoli

• History of Hillbrow Pt.2

  

  Hospital Hill and History of Hillbrow Pt.1 are the other two parts of the research. This quaint little fire Station, completed in 1912, was originally the Northern Districts Fire Station Hillbrow is still operational and known as Berea Fire Station. It’s located at the top end of Banket Street near Louis Botha Avenue and the…

  Marc Latilla

  February 9, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Banket Street, Bella Napoli, Berea Fire station, Bimbos, Brenthurst Place, Cafe de Paris, Cafe Three Sisters, Cafe Wein, Cafe Zurich, Chelsea Hotel, Christ Church, Circle Court, Clarendon Circle, East Avenue, Empire Road, Estoril Books, Exclusive Books, Fontana, G. S. Burt Andrews, Highpoint, Hillbrow Record Centre, Kotze Street, Look & Listen, Louis Botha Avenue, Majestic Mansions, Milton Pharmacy, Mini Cine cult cinema, Summit Club, Temple Isreal, Theophile Schaerer, Twist Street, Underground Flea Market

• Hillbrow’s revolving restaurant and disco

  

  While I wrestle with the next suburb post (Hospital Hill & Hillbrow) and the final part of the church piece, I wanted to share some pages from a Johannesburg tourist guide from April 1973. Thanks to Doran from Bookdealers in Melville who is always on the lookout for rare and interesting Johannesburg books for my…

  Marc Latilla

  September 26, 2015

  Johannesburg

  Bamboo Inn, Bella Napoli, Bengal Tiger, Berea, Bookdealers, Brixton Tower, Carlton Centre, Ciro’s, Cloud 9, Crest Hotel, Heinrich’s Restaurant, Hillbrow, J. G. Strijdom Tower, Jan Smuts Airport, Lourenco Marques Restaurant, Moulin Rouge Hotel, Mrs. Henderson’s, Munchener House, Norman’s Grill, Red Lantern, Three Ships, ZIPPS