Tag: Sir Herbert Baker
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From Finishing School to French Kiss: The Many Lives of 96 End Street

The definitive history of 96 End Street including club mixes from Mandy’s and IDOLS
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Churches of Johannesburg Pt.2

This piece covers churches built up to around 1955 that are still standing. The first piece covered the ‘Lost churches’ and can be read HERE. I’ve broken it up into two sections: The first section covers those that are no longer used as places of worship starting with the oldest. The second section covers those…
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Hospital Hill (Old Suburb between Braamfontein & Hillbrow)

Hospital Hill was a popular name for the eastern part of the March 1888 surveyed part of the township of Johannesburg. It included the land on the hill where the first general hospital was built (the land granted by the government), Joubert Park and northerly surrounds, Kruger Park (which became the Wanderer’s Sports Club) and…
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Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.6 (Belgravia Hotel, general views and odds & ends)

This is the final post on Jeppe and Belgravia before moving a few blocks north up to Fairview (or Fawcus Township as it was originally known) and really a chance to post some mixed and fascinating pictures of various examples of houses, buildings, and general views that didn’t fit into the previous Jeppe & Belgravia…
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Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.1 (Friedenheim & Jeppe Boys)

At last, the next suburb installment in bite sized parts. There will be one odd post slotted in between the Jeppe/Belgravia volumes covering my house which turns 100 this month. I’ll be posting some of the orginal plans as well as a few features t…
