Tag: Donald Mackay Park

• Doornfontein Pt.2 (Norman House, I. H. Harris School, 96 End Street & Caledonian Hall)

  

  On the very edge of old Doornfontein running North to South is End Street – so called because that is where town literally ended. What was to become Doornfontein on the right was then just grazing land. John Dale Lace (Norman House) and Barney Bar…

  Marc Latilla

  April 28, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Adam Leslie Theatre, Aerial photographs, Andrew Wood, Barney Barnato, Bertrams, Caledonian Hall, Club Babylon, Donald Mackay Park, Doornfontein, Ellis Park, End Park, End Street, ESP Nightclub, Idols Nightclub, John Dale Lace, Leck & Emley, Mandy’s Nightclub, Natal Spruit, Norman House, Nugget Street, Ponte, SA College of Music, Sir Herbert Baker

• Saratoga Avenue

  

  The well-heeled of the population were not satisfied with living in the small blocks laid out by the town planners near the mines and noise and dust of the new town. In 1887, Johannesburg’s first luxury residential area was laid out by Yeo Sherwel…

  Marc Latilla

  February 27, 2011

  Johannesburg

  David Pratt, Donald Mackay Park, Doornfontein, Doornfontein club, Eastington, End Street, End Street Convent, Hillbrow, Map, Ponte, Saratoga Avenue, Warrington Hall, Windybrow