Tag: Kotze Street

• 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

• History of Hillbrow Pt.1

  

  On the 13 July 1893  a court ruled that the claim for the ground that would become Hillbrow belonged to J. Nicholls. He swiftly sold it to Transvaal Mortgage, Loan & Finance with which Sam Goldreich was associated. The ground was surveyed in 1894 and on the 20th May 1895 permission was received to change…

  Marc Latilla

  January 7, 2016

  Johannesburg

  Bruce Street, Carl Von Brandis, Claim Street, Clarendon Circle, Deutsche Schule, Fred Ingram, Friedenskirche, Gordon Leith, Hillbrow, Hospital Hill, Imerman’s, Ingram’s Corner, J. F. Kroll, Kotze Street, Le Corbusier, Le Herve, Lutheran Church, Martienssen, Oscar Niemeyer, Paul Nel Street, Pretoria Street, Sam Goldreich, Theophile Schaerer, Twist Street, Van Der Merwe Street, William Leck