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Title: Loader Street residences to be demolished for parking space, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Infrastructure, Wrecking, Historic districts, ,
Description: Some of the Loader Street houses to be demolished by the Department of Community Development which plans to convert the area into parking space.
Identifier: islandora:15208

Title: Aerial view of coastline from Muizenberg to Fish Hoek, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, Landscapes, ,
Description: The coastline stretching from Muizenberg to Fish Hoek is to undergo a great deal of development in the near future. The Marina Da Gama at Lakeside, an enlarged harbour at Kalk Bay and extensions to Boyes Drive are included in the plans for this area. / Calm day at Muizenberg as the rollers break iver the beach. In the left foreground is the pavilion and the surrounding lawns.
Identifier: islandora:15399

Title: Construction work happening in Lakeside where houses are to be built, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, ,
Description: This striking picture by Argus photographer Andrew Pratt shows the start of dredging at the Marina Da Gama site in Lakeside. In the background are some of the 42 pilot houses which will be shown to the public when the selling of plots begins at the end of the year. Progress in the construction of the first phase of the R100 000 000 project is now well under way.
Identifier: islandora:15246

Title: Zandvliet's Georgian-style main house in a state of disrepair, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Historic buildings, ,
Description: Zandvliet's Georgian-style main house: with a sagging roof, termite-ridden mahogany ceiling beams, destroyed floorboards and ruined fireplaces, the house and original outbuildings would cost R2-million to restore.
Identifier: islandora:15186

Title: Old wine cellar at Koornhoop in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Farmhouses, Dovecotes, ,
Description: The old wine cellar at Koornhoop, Mowbray. It was later decided not to proclaim the house and wine cellar, as it would cost too much to keep them in repair, so only the dovecote and gables were proclaimed. This dovecote was said to be the only one of its kind in South Africa.
Identifier: islandora:15428

Title: Gabled building at Zandvliet farm, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, ,
Description: The original gabled building dating back to 1699 at Zandvliet farm.
Identifier: islandora:15185

Title: Mansion on Beach Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Property, Residential buildings, Mansions, ,
Description: House of many archways and balconies has had its valuation increased from £23,530 to £37,175. It is Mymering, Beach Road, Muizenberg, home of Mrs F.M.E Schlesinger. It has 17 rooms, two bathrooms and two kitchens. One room is used as an art gallery. The increase in valuation is now the subject of an objection before the Valuation Court. The figures include the valuation of the site and all the buildings on it.
Identifier: islandora:15416

Title: Aerial view of Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Aerial view of Observatory, showing Hartleyvale in the foreground and Grootes Schuur Hospital on the slopes of the Table Mountain.
Identifier: islandora:15583

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: N.G Kerk, Three Anchor Bay - The Dutch Reformed Church at the Three Anchor Bay has an impressive tower and entrance porch and a bell tower near the gate.
Identifier: islandora:17306

Title: The Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, 1980
Subject: Kirstenbosch (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: The Good Shepherd Church is a hundred years old this year.
Identifier: islandora:17314

Title: Maitland Garden Village, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Communities, ,
Description: Maitland Garden Village still stands, but 23 years of uncertainty under the Group Areas Act has brought a destruction of a different kind to this closely-knit community.
Identifier: islandora:15189

Title: A restored Koornhoop, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential Buildings, Architecture -Conservation and restoration, ,
Description: Koornhoop restored: The restoration of this historic farm homestead and dovecote at Mowbray has just been completed by the Simon Van Der Stel Foundation at a cost of more than R30, 000. The building, which is more than 200 years old and was one of the first farm homesteads to be built at the Cape, now contains three dwellings into which families have already moved. The official opening of the restored Koornhoop will take place at some future date. The foundation is at the moment busy restoring another old Cape building - Hoop op Constantia.
Identifier: islandora:15446

Title: Members of the Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC) look at architect models of houses that are for sale, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, ,
Description: Mrs Althea Jansen, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Coloured Representative Council (CRC), visited Mitchell's Plain yesterday with other members of the CRC and management committee. A tour arranged by the City Council's executive committee began at the new town's visitors' centre, which opens to prospective home buyers next Monday. Mr David Jack, left, the City Council's director of planning, showed architects' models and sketches of various houses on offer. Beween them is Mrs Bronnie Harding, a Councillor, and on the right Mr Arthur Stanley, CRC member for Liesbeeck.
Identifier: islandora:15348

Title: Builder's at work, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, Infrastructure, Labor, ,
Description: Building teams at work in a sector of Mitchell's Plain. Several houses are under construction at one time - each at a different stage of development - and work is synchronised so that there are minimum delays.
Identifier: islandora:15341

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