Tag: Norman’s Grill

• Hillbrow’s revolving restaurant and disco

  

  While I wrestle with the next suburb post (Hospital Hill & Hillbrow) and the final part of the church piece, I wanted to share some pages from a Johannesburg tourist guide from April 1973. Thanks to Doran from Bookdealers in Melville who is always on the lookout for rare and interesting Johannesburg books for my…

  Marc Latilla

  September 26, 2015

  Johannesburg

  Bamboo Inn, Bella Napoli, Bengal Tiger, Berea, Bookdealers, Brixton Tower, Carlton Centre, Ciro’s, Cloud 9, Crest Hotel, Heinrich’s Restaurant, Hillbrow, J. G. Strijdom Tower, Jan Smuts Airport, Lourenco Marques Restaurant, Moulin Rouge Hotel, Mrs. Henderson’s, Munchener House, Norman’s Grill, Red Lantern, Three Ships, ZIPPS

• Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.4 (Grand Station Hotel, Jeppe Post Office, dropped train tracks and Lithuanian Synagogue)

  

  Grand Station Hotel 1896 Built to serve miners from the nearby Wolhunter mine, the Grand Station Hotel is one of the oldest and grandest. It had a close association with boxing and served as a soup kitchen and refuge during the 1922 miner’s strike. The building was designed by Reid & Williams (who were also…

  Marc Latilla

  July 21, 2013

  Johannesburg

  dropped railway tracks, government buildings, Grand Station Hotel, Jeppe Station, Jeppestown, Lithuanian Shul, Norman’s Grill, post office, Reid & Wiliams, subways, Sytze Wierda