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Title: St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Claremont, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. Saviour's Church, Claremont, stands on five acres of lawns and trees. The original church, which was consecrated in 1850, was made of rough mountain stone and had a thatched roof. Since then six bays, a new chancel, a lady chapel and vestry accommodation have been added.
Identifier: islandora:17298

Title: St Paul's Anglican Church, Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: St. Paul's was consecrated in 1880 and serves a large Anglican community living in the city and on the slopes of Signal Hill. Built in traditional English style, it has seating for 900 people and on high festivals there is standing room only.
Identifier: islandora:17282

Title: Wale Street Baptist Church, Cape Town, 1965
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Another landmark to go: the Baptist Church in Wale Street which will be closing next Sunday and moving to new premises in Orange Street, where services will be conducted for the first time on March 14. The Wale Street building will taken over by a property firm and demolished.
Identifier: islandora:17291

Title: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15095

Title: Aerial view, reclamation for Table Bay docks expansion, 1973
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Development, Building, Shipping, Infrastructure
Description: This aerial photograph taken by Argus photographer Robin Brown shows the extent of reclamation work already completed as part of the R45-million Table Bay docks expansion project. When completed, the reclaimed area of the old Woodstock Beach will accommodate quays and goods sheds for the new works section of the harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17138

Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Motorcars
Description: Building dating to 1904 in Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Identifier: islandora:17505

Title: The recently completed canal that contains the Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Water, Trees, Nature, Mountains, Building, Urban areas
Description: Gracefully curved concrete banks contain the Liesbeek for many miles and save hundreds of tons of earth which would otherwise be washed down to the sea in winter. Serious erosion is still taking place in the upper reaches of the river, but canalization is being steadily pushed forward. This picture, in a setting of oaks, shows work recently completed at Newlands.
Identifier: islandora:16575

Title: Residences in Mowbray, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa), ,
Description: Residences in Mowbray, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15442

Title: Poor housing construction in Langa township, Cape Town
Subject: Langa (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Housing, Townships, Apartheid, Building, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950
Description: Living dangerously? Mr John Qhamfu leans out of the window of his Langa home, which seems in imminent danger of collapsing, and for which the Ikapa Town Council has finally voted R70 000 to fix.
Identifier: islandora:15839

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Vredelust, Cape Town, 1957
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Typical of the modern architectural styles at Vredelust are [from left] the Dutch Reformed church [a timber-gabled home and a glass-walled lounge].
Identifier: islandora:17294

Title: Central Cape Town, 1948
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Architecture, Building
Description: Cape Town's changing skyline: the changing sky-line of the centre of Cape Town is emphasised in this picture, taken yesterday from the top of the Colosseum building. The massive new business block on the old G.P.O. site in Adderley Street (seen on right) has already reached its designed height of eight stories, rising 120 feet from street level. Before final completion next year, however, this imposing city block will have two 40-feet corner towers on the roof fronting Adderley Street, making an [WORD CUT OFF] height of 160 feet from [WORD CUT OFF] to pavement. Although this building will still be dwarfed by the S. A. Mutual, whose pinnacle (seen in background) is 276 feet above the street level, and by the new Post Office (to the left), the trio of buildings already obliterate many familiar vistas when viewed from the angle of street pedestrians. The City Hall (on extreme left) appears very small by comparison. The railway station building (in foreground) will eventually disappear to provide for the Strand-street extension under the new Foreshore scheme.
Identifier: islandora:17343

Title: Construction workers on site at the Golden Acre, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, Building, Commerce, City planning
Description: A study in maximum effort - captured yesterday by Cape Times photographer John van der Linde on the Golden Acre site in Adderley Street.
Identifier: islandora:15876

Title: Insurance plan of Cape Town
Subject: Insurance -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Fire risk assessment -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Historic buildings -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Maps., Cape Town (South Africa) -- Maps.
Description: Each sheet shows the plan and vertical cross-section of buildings on the blocks bounded by: Sheet 1, Wale, St George's, Waterkant and Adderley streets; Sheet 2, Wale, Burg, Waterkant and St George's streets; Sheet 3, Wale, Long, Waterkant and Burg streets; Sheet 4, Wale, Loop, Waterkant and Long streets; Sheet 5, Wale, Bree, Waterkant and Loop streets; Sheet 6, Wale, Buitengracht, Waterkant and Bree streets; Sheet 7, Boom, Plein, Darling and Zieke streets; Sheet 8, Stal, Grave, Darling and Plein streets; Sheet 9, Garden of new Houses of Parliament, Adderley Street, Standard Bank buildings and Grave Street., Each sheet indicates the materials used in the construction of buildings, the uses of most buildings, height in stories, roof type and street widths., Black and white photographic copies. The original plan is colour coded.
Identifier: islandora:19906

Title: Bloubergstrand, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Buildings, City planning, Urban development, Environment
Description: High-rise development at Blouberg, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16891

Title: Archaeological finds, Golden Acre, 1975
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Water, Archaeology, Building, Urban development
Description: Archaeologists from the South African Museum and the University of Cape Town busy unearthing the dam wall found on Cape Town's Golden Acre. It is now thought that the wall is part of the reservoir built by Jan Van Riebeeck's successor, Zacharias Wagenaar. Although it suffered slight damage when the foundations of Cape Town's old station were sunk, it is still in good condition.
Identifier: islandora:17489

Title: Culemborg goods depot, 1952
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Festivals, Transport, Historic buildings, City planning
Description: Hundreds of tons of goods are already being handled in the new goods shed on the Foreshore, which four months ago was the main exhibition hall of the Van Riebeeck Festival.
Identifier: islandora:17417

Title: Skeleton, Blouberg, Cape Town
Subject: Bloubergstrand (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Labour, Apartheid, South African Police, Crimes, Building
Description: A building worker, Mr Albert Tshotho, of Guguletu, with the skeleton which was uncovered at a site in Sir David Baird Drive, Bloubergstrand, yesterday. Police are investigating.
Identifier: islandora:16888

Title: Land reclamation, Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, City planning, Building
Description: Cape Town Harbour and reclaimed land on the Foreshore, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17143

Title: Rondebosch Main Road, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Traders, Informal sector (Economics), Markets, History, Buildings, Suburbs
Description: Flower sellers bargain in Belmont Road. In the background is the old fountain, once the drinking place for horses.
Identifier: islandora:16611

Title: The first single-decker trams in Adderley Street, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Transport, Historic buildings, Photography, Media
Description: Picture history of Mother City - "Cape Town down the years", the Cape Times photographic exhibition, is to be officially opened by the Mayor of Cape Town, Mr John Tyers, at the Shell Gallery in Greenmarket Square on Wednesday, April 6. The exhibition, which consists of about 160 photographs, will remain open from April 7 to 29 as part of the Cape Town Festival. The gallery will be closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The picture above was taken about 80 years ago in Adderley Street, when the first single-deck trams were introduced in the City. (Published 1 April, 1977)
Identifier: islandora:17341

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