Tag: Jeppe Street

• History of Newtown Pt.1

  

  The area known as Newtown was originally a marshy piece of land outside of the triangle known as Raandjeslaagte which was laid out as Johannesburg. It stood 0.9 kms northwest of the original market square and just south of the railway/Rand Tram. The Boer government granted plots for brick-making with adjoining residential stands soon after…

  Marc Latilla

  September 26, 2021

  Johannesburg

  Ashanti gold, bassline, Brickfields, Burghersdorp, Carr Street, Ebeneezeer Church, electric trams, electricity, Gasworks, Hamadia Mosque, Jeppe Street, JMT, Kliptown, market buildings, Museum Africa, Newtown, Pim Street, Power station, President Street, SAB World of Beer, Sci-bono, trams, Transport House, Turbine Hall, Worker's Museum

• Early sweeping views

  

  I’ve read that Johannesburg has been rebuilt three times. Initially it was a haphazard town akin to the wild west with lots of tents, tin structures and bars (and some clay huts-these prohibited after 1891 building regulations) With early deeper m…

  Marc Latilla

  February 13, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Braamfontein, Bree Street Kink, Doornfontein, Early Johannesburg, Eloff Street, Ferreira’s Camp, Hillbrow, Hospital Hill, Jeppe Street, Jeppestown, Map, Market Street, Natal Camp, Paarl Camp, Palace Buildings, Randjeslaagte, Rissik Street, Yeoville