Tag: Windybrow

• 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…

  Marc Latilla

  December 23, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Aerial photographs, Doornfontein, Friedrich Eckstein, Hildasheim, Nugget Street, Warrington Hall, Werner Beit Co., Windybrow

• 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…

  Marc Latilla

  March 27, 2011

  Johannesburg

  Doornfontein, Hillbrow, National monument, Nugget Street, Robert Southey, Saratoga Avenue, Thoedore Reunert, William Leck, Windybrow

• 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…

  Marc Latilla

  February 27, 2011

  Johannesburg

  David Pratt, Donald Mackay Park, Doornfontein, Doornfontein club, Eastington, End Street, End Street Convent, Hillbrow, Map, Ponte, Saratoga Avenue, Warrington Hall, Windybrow