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Title: Stal Plein, Cape Town, 1946
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: Stal Plein, a suggested site for a civic theatre.
Identifier: islandora:17203

Title: Victorian Church, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Cape Town Victorian Church
Identifier: islandora:17325

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, circa 1966
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Aerial view of the Castle, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17101

Title: Metropolitan Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture
Description: Mellowed by its 80 years the Metropolitan Methodist Church in Greenmarket Square holds the secret of Cape Town's old bells which are thought to be in the church tower. It is hoped that in the near future a long enough ladder will be obtained to enable someone to investigate their state and the possibility of ringing them again.
Identifier: islandora:17271

Title: City Hall, Cape Town, circa 1934
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Roads, Urban development, Local government
Description: Cape Town City Hall, circa 1934.
Identifier: islandora:17365

Title: Spin Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Architecture, Roads
Description: Traffic relief : a new picture of the fine wide thoroughfare created out of the Spin Street extension that is helping to relieve the City's traffic problems. Trees were planted down the centre islands during the Van Riebeeck Festival.
Identifier: islandora:17344

Title: Archaeological exploration, Grand Parade, 1983
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Archaeology, Colonialism, Women
Description: Archaeologist Miss Gabebah Abrahams works in a building site trench on the Grand Parade where she is convinced she has found remains of the base of one of four bastions of Van Riebeeck's original earth-walled fort.
Identifier: islandora:17160

Title: Garden, Constantia
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Constantia, Cape Town. Final sketch plan for new garden, including existing trees to be retained, proposed trees to be planted, shrubs and ground cover, lawns, driveway, paths and water features. There are four sections: along window wall; informal bench/rock feature; formal pond and fountain; and water feature and stone bridge. Drawing no.: A5/4. "Rev A. 6.1.92"., Paper copy of hand-drawn original.
Identifier: islandora:28115

Title: Drawing room of Newlands House, Cape Town, with double sash windows, 1977
Subject: Newlands (Cape Town, South Africa), Housing, Architecture, Interiors, Antiques
Description: The elegantly proportioned drawing room, scene of family celebrations, may be the main room of the new restaurant.
Identifier: islandora:17266

Title: Garden, Bishopscourt
Subject: Swimming pools, Terraces (landscaped-site elements), Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Alternative sketch plan of new swimming pool and terrace., Paper copy of hand-drawn original.
Identifier: islandora:28103

Title: Steep street in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, Housing, Historic districts
Description: A row of semi-detached cottages climb a steep street in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1950s.
Identifier: islandora:17241

Title: Diep River, Cape Town
Subject: Diep River (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), History, Architecture, Building
Description: Diep River, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17949

Title: St. Paul's Anglican Church, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Bishop Lavis's Church : St. Paul's Church, Bree Street, where Bishop Lavis will be honoured by the citizens of Cape Town to-morrow. He served a large Anglican community there from his arrival in Cape Town in 1898 till 1928. Now his son-in-law the Rev K. O'Connor-Fenton has been rector there for six years. Bishop Lavis always said he wanted to be buried from St. Paul's. It was his last home. The Archbishop of Cape Town will celebrate Requiem Mass there at 9 a.m. to-morrow.
Identifier: islandora:17292

Title: Phoenix Theatre, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Theatre, Entertainment, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The Phoenix Theatre at Camps Bay- what is its future? A theatre, cinema or a warehouse?
Identifier: islandora:16950

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: New power station, Dock Road.
Identifier: islandora:15091

Title: Burg Street, Cape Town, 1967
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Architecture, Roads
Description: Impression of matching sides to Burg Street is given by this picture by The Argus photographer. It is a reflection from the plate-glass window of a new building near the foot of the street.
Identifier: islandora:17500

Title: Darling Street, Cape Town, 1988
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Art Deco, Business
Description: Wellington Fruit Growers in Darling Street, Cape Town, where Scheider-Bruce's refurbishment division have redecorated the exterior of the building.
Identifier: islandora:17511

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town, South Africa), Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Outer court or Bailey at the Castle, Cape Town, before restoration, looking towards the Captain's Tower
Identifier: islandora:17106

Title: Montebello
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Montebello Design Centre (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, ianford_montebello_may1996_003.jpg
Description: Montebello Estate, Newland Avenue, Newlands: Origianl tree survey drawing , based on Harris, McGarrick and Mellon Land Surveyors drawing (1993), original pen and ink on tracing paper indicating existing trees to be retained, trees to be retained if possible and trees to be removed (senescent. damaged, diseased, and or declared weeds / alien spaces)., Scale 1:200
Identifier: islandora:22673

Title: Dreyer Street, Claremont: pedestrianisation
Subject: Urban beautification, Pedestrian streets, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, Pedestrian facilities design--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. Proposed layout including paving, tree planting and trading stalls. Revision A., Original, hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22384

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