Tag: Windybrow
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Warrington Hall (Hildasheim)

The absolute last Doornfontein post…At the corner of Pieterson and Nugget street stood Warrington Hall which was built by F. Eckstein in the 1890s. It was across the road fromReunerts Windybrow (which still stands today) I’ve attached a google e…
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Windybrow

I discovered two more out of print books today on Johannesburg. Both pointed to a few buildings/houses in Doornfontein that I may have missed – Doornfontein being my next planned post. In the meantime, here are a bunch of pictures I took of Windyb…
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Saratoga Avenue

The well-heeled of the population were not satisfied with living in the small blocks laid out by the town planners near the mines and noise and dust of the new town. In 1887, Johannesburg’s first luxury residential area was laid out by Yeo Sherwel…