Tag Archive: Yeoville

19 Dec

Churches of Johannesburg Pt.2

Some housekeeping: Please follow me on Instagram at @johannesburg1912 where I post interesting Johannesburg related stuff on weekends (mainly). Follow this blog via e-mail HERE. Scroll down on the right…
December 19, 2016 at 8:13 pm 38 Comments
First Globe Theatre 1889
29 Jul

Theatres and Bioscopes in early Johannesburg

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July 29, 2013 at 9:25 pm 138 Comments
09 Apr

Saratoga Avenue after Harrow Road bridge (Now called Joe Slovo Drive)

I was about to complete the Doornfontein post (finally took the balance of the pictures this week) but wanted to first post some pictures of the houses on the other side of the Harrow Rd bridge. Actually there is only one house left on Charlton Te…
April 9, 2011 at 10:35 pm 3 Comments
13 Feb

Early sweeping views

I’ve read that Johannesburg has been rebuilt three times. Initially it was a haphazard town akin to the wild west with lots of tents, tin structures and bars (and some clay huts-these prohibited after 1891 building regulations) With early deeper m…
February 13, 2011 at 10:34 pm 4 Comments