Tag: Mini Cine cult cinema

• 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

• Theatres and Bioscopes in early Johannesburg

  

  The first theatre in JHB called Theatre Royal was in Market Street (east) and erected on 17 June 1887 (some sources say 15th June) by J. Mipping. The portable and demountable structure came from Newcastle. The two stands on which the theatre was erected were purchased by Mipping via a sale on 8 December 1886.…

  Marc Latilla

  July 29, 2013

  Johannesburg

  20th Century, Academy Theatre, Adam Leslie Theatre, Alhambra Theatre, Anstley’s, Apollo, Astoria, Avalon, Bantu Men’s Social Centre, Bijou Theatre, Black Sun, Blue fox, Braamfontein, Brooke Theatre, Carlton Theatre, Chelsea Hotel, Chelsea Theatre, Cinerama, Civic Theatre, Colosseum, Commissioner Street, Curzon, Doornfontein, Dorkay House, Eloff Street, Empire Palace of Variety, Fillis Circus, Fine Arts Theatre, Fox Street, Gem Theatre, Globe Theatre, Grove Kinema, Highpoint, Hillbrow, His Majesty’s, Intimate Theatre, Market Street, Market Theatre, Melville, Metro, Mini Cine cult cinema, Moncine, Monte Carlo, Odin Theatre, Orpheum, Oxford Hotel, Piccadilly Theatre, Plastic Theatre, Playhouse, Plaza Cinema, Regal Kinema, Rissik Street, Royal Cinerama, Scala Theatre, Sophiatown, Standard Theatre, Starlite, Ster City, Taj Cinema, Tea Room cinemas, The Colony, Theatre Royal, Victory Theatre, Village Theatre, Windmill Theatre, Yeoville, YMCA Theatre