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Title: Church of the Visitation, Constantia, Cape Town, 1979
Subject: Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Northern facade of the Church of the Visitation, showing Julian Elliott's controversial design.
Identifier: islandora:17316

Title: Church Square, Cape Town, circa 1870
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Civil services, Church buildings
Description: Church Square has been much in the news lately with the closing down of the Civil Service Club (second and third building from the left) and its amalgamation with the City Club in Queen Victoria Street in 1976. This picture was taken in 1870, and shows the Gothic facade of the Rev. Dr. John Phillip's church (which later became incorporated in the Civil Service Club) and the pedimented building which began to house members of the club in 1865. Great changes have been made to both buildings since that year and even bigger ones can be expected in the years to come. Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17481

Title: Cape Town Civic Centre
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: New Civic Centre: overall view of the new Cape Town Civic Centre site on the Foreshore. The R6m basement contract is being handled by Murray and Stewart and is on schedule for completion in August, 1973. Matter & Weich (PTY) LTD.
Identifier: islandora:15093

Title: Restoration at Lutheran Church, Strand Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Restoration
Description: Workmen are repairing and restoring the historic Lutheran Church in Strand Street, the country's oldest building and one of a number of fine examples of 18th Century architecture in Strand Street. The copper spire, dominated by an orb and crown on the weathervane, is being painted to preserve it from the effects of sea air and pollution. The Rev Charles Ellefson, minister of the church, said it was last painted and repaired in 1970 when storm winds blew off the corrugated iron roof.
Identifier: islandora:17275

Title: Camps Bay beachfront development, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Building, Architecture, Recreation, Environment
Description: The new Promenade shopping centre on the beachfront at Camps Bay, currently being built by Ovcon (Cape) Building. The centre will be ready for beneficial occupation at the end of June [1987].
Identifier: islandora:16947

Title: Thatching, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Labour, Architecture, Building, Development
Description: Repairing an old thatched building at Blouberg, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16883

Title: Panoramic view of Green Point Common, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Green Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: The Green Point Common, once an open grazing ground for cattle, has been transformed in recent years to meet the recreational and sporting needs of Cape Town's growing population. This panoramic view, taken on Monday from Signal Hill, shows the maze of playing fields, club houses and access roads now laid out across the Common from Three Anchor Bay (on left) to the York Road traffic circle and tree-lined Metropolitan Golf Course (on right). Conspicuous landmarks are the building and tower of Christian Brothers' College, Green Point (bottom right), the oval Stadium on the common, and Robben Island in the distance.
Identifier: islandora:15096

Title: Bellville Civic Centre, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Afrikaners, Buildings, Architecture, Civil services
Description: 1970s architecture: Bellville Civic Centre and clock tower
Identifier: islandora:16776

Title: Mysterious tunnel unearthed, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Mr Roy Chapman, site foreman on the Western Boulevard flyover project near Dock Road, inspects the mysterious tunnel unearthed by a bulldozer today. The tunnel, cut by hand through granite-hard walls, extends for at least 200m, and no records exist of the tunnel although a rusted sewerage pipe runs along the floor of the tunnel.
Identifier: islandora:15105

Title: Standard Bank, Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Commerce, Architecture, Building
Description: Part of the renovated Adderley Street branch of the Standard Bank.
Identifier: islandora:16748

Title: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, 1953
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17326

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Date unknown, Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15097

Title: Residence, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: A residence on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16513

Title: Bo Kaap Museum, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Historic districts, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture
Description: The Bo-Kaap Museum in Wale Street, Cape Town, housed in what is believed to be the oldest surviving structure in the area formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
Identifier: islandora:17235

Title: Church in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Church with a mural, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17328

Title: Lioness Gateway, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Historic buildings, Colonialism, Botanical gardens
Description: The Lioness Gateway in the Company's Gardens, Cape Town, designed by architect Louis Thibault in the early 1800s and with sculptures by Anton Anreith.
Identifier: islandora:17252

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1920s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Roads, Urban development
Description: This is what Adderley Street looked liked in the 1920s, when the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce was already more than 100 years old (see far right).
Identifier: islandora:17347

Title: Visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Cape Town, 1901
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Trains, Historic buildings, Architecture, Royalty
Description: The Cape Town railway station is decorated in honour of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901.
Identifier: islandora:17415

Title: Victorian Houses, Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Residential buildings, Architecture
Description: Gracious past: these elegant Victorian town houses in Hiddingh Avenue, Gardens, may be lost to residents, if a rezoning application for business rights is approved.
Identifier: islandora:15162

Title: Standard Bank, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Banking, Commerce, Architecture, Building,
Description: Horses and carriages outside the Standard Bank in Adderley Street, Cape Town, before the addition of the two upper storeys in the 1930s
Identifier: islandora:16752

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