Tag: Newtown
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History of Newtown Pt.3 (1970-2020)
The final part of Newtown’s history covers the period from the mid-1970s with the start of the Market Theatre complex and subsequent developments up to 2020.
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History of Newtown Pt.2
Initially, I wanted to complete Newtown in two parts. While working with the 1937 Goads map and a 1974 Curries Map of Johannesburg, I started digging into the various business names listed on the maps and uncovered some fascinating histories of some businesses that had their start in Newtown after the completion of the abattoir…
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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…
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New photographs and an update
It’s been some months since the last Johannesburg post. The reason is that I’ve been working on an exciting new project based on some of the work here (and a whole lot more). The publisher has asked that I don’t divulge too much information just yet. There are a few processes and formalities to go…
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Johannesburg from the air 1931
While I finish up the first part of the history of Braamfontein, here is some vintage aerial footage of Johannesburg showing some edges of Braamfontein. Old aerial views of Johannesburg are hard to come by and sometimes tricky to pinpoint the location. The reason is that the city has been re-built so many times –…
Johannesburg 1912 - suburb by suburb research 