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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…
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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…