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Title: Man walks along deserted Muizenberg beach, Cape Town
Subject: Beaches, Residential buildings, ,
Description: "Solitude" - at Muizenberg.
Identifier: islandora:15390

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: School in Noordhoek, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Historic buildings, Education, ,
Description: School at Noordhoek, favourite resting place for motorists.
Identifier: islandora:15566

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: Aerial view of the Sandvlei, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscape, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Development on Sandvlei at Marina Da Gama.
Identifier: islandora:15250

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: Building in Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Industry, ,
Description: Newlands.
Identifier: islandora:15557

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

Title: What Mowbray's main road used to look like, Cape Town
Subject: Historic districts, Horse-drawn vehicles, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Mowbray, Old Main Road. What Mowbray's main road used to look like, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15439

Title: Residence in Newlands, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, ,
Description: Mrs H.W. Allkin - Green Heights, Poplar Rd., Newlands.
Identifier: islandora:15548

Title: Men look at architect's model of houses to be constructed in Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Building, ,
Description: The mayor of Cape Town Mr John Tyers (right) and guests of the Council examine the Homes model of Houses to be [const]ructed as part of [...] [f]irst mass housing [...] [cont]ract to be awarded [...] Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town. The co[ntr]act does not include the double-storey houses.
Identifier: islandora:15350

Title: Maitland Garden pensioner washing clothes, Cape Town
Subject: Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Residential buildings, Pensioners and Senior Citizens Organisation (South Africa), Forced removals (South Africa), ,
Description: At the age of 109, Mrs Rachel Wrentz may soon have to start a new life. She is still active, doing washing and cleaning. But, she says, to expect her to begin a new life now is asking too much. The oldest resident in Maitland Garden Village, she is one of many old-age pensioners in the area threatened with removal under the Group Areas Act. Many still living in the village are among those who originally moved there in 1921 when the City Council built 220 homes for employees, most of whom had apparently fought in World War 1. To Mrs Wrentz the thought of having to move is bad enough. But the spectre of being pushed into a Cape Flats township with a high crime rate haunts her.
Identifier: islandora:15190

Title: The dovecote at Koornhoop in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Farmhouses, Dovecotes, ,
Description: Historic dovecote at "Koornhoop" Mowbray.
Identifier: islandora:15426

Title: The sun porch of Zonnekus in Milnerton, Cape Town
Subject: Furniture, Residential buildings, Historic buildings, ,
Description: The beautiful vaulted sunporch of Zonnekus. / Zonnekus, the magnificent beach home at Milnerton, built in 1929 for the late Sir David Graaff, stands today as an opulent, rambling monument to a past era of luxury living. It is the only house on the island that was recently sold for R3-million to the Harry Fuchs Investment Company, which plans to turn into a luxury Mediterranean-style village of 350 houses that will sell for a total of about R70-million. The company plans to install all services, build a new bridge, town houses, condominiums and a convenience shopping centre.
Identifier: islandora:15292

Title: Homestead to be demolished for office block, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Eviction, ,
Description: Two hundred years old - This old homestead is to make way for a modern office block at Rondebosch. It is in a dangerous state of disrepair, and notices warning against a close approach have been placed outside it. In the foreground is a decorative foundation. Nobody can remember when it last played.
Identifier: islandora:15544

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