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Title: Disa Park , Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Aerial views, Urban development, Apartheid, City planning, Architecture
Description: The photograph shows the 80 mile view from the Disa Park flat complex rising on the slopes of Devil's Peak, Cape Town. This is the first tower which will be completed this week. The contractors on Disa Park are Murray and Roberts Industrialised Buildings.
Identifier: islandora:16968

Title: Old Mutual Building, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: Old Mutual Building, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15099

Title: Koeberg intersection, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), c1973, Urban areas, Development, Transport, Motorcars, Railways
Description: Koeberg intersection, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16559

Title: Aerial view, Foreshore fountain, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Cities and towns, Urban areas, Land, Urban development
Description: Chequered sidewalks and zebra pedestrian crossings make a pleasing pattern in this air photograph of the Foreshore fountain. On the left are the Paul Sauer building and the War Memorial.
Identifier: islandora:15114

Title: Athlone Power Station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries, Pollution
Description: Shrouded in early morning mist -- to which they are contributing generously -- are the twin towers of Athlone Power Station seen from De Waal Drive. In the background are the natural towers of the Hottentots Holland Mountains.
Identifier: islandora:18124

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Harbors, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: Table Bay Harbour as seen from the top of the new Sanlam building on the Foreshore.
Identifier: islandora:15089

Title: Cape Town through microscope
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Buildings
Description: Here you see modern Cape Town through a microscope, and the analysis shows that the place is rapidly becoming a dense concrete jungle.
Identifier: islandora:15100

Title: Lowenstein Estate, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Urban development, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Architecture, City planning, Environment
Description: Lowenstein Estate: An area of 291 morgen opposite the Karl Bremer Hospital on the northern side of the national road to Bellville (shown as white lines) has been sold for township development at a price of R550,000. The property ,which belonged to the Duminy family for a long time, has been acquired by Mr. K. W. Bates, of London, and Mr. Allen, of Johannesburg, after negotiations through John Bowie and Co. (Pty) Ltd. in collaboration with Mr. L. Howe. It is the intention to development the area in conjunction with Bellville Municipality and make it the Bishopscourt of the area. It will be laid out in 703 residential sites of between 10,000 and 25,000 sq. ft. each. There will be a school site of 12 acres facing the national road, a shopping centre of 4 acres and a flat site of 5 acres. Possibly a company will be formed to build the houses to accepted minimum qualifications.
Identifier: islandora:16787

Title: Aerial view, central Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Recreation, Environment, Table Mountain (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Aerial view of central Cape Town from Mouille Point towards Devil's Peak, showing the Green Point Common and stadium, the central city and harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17027

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: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development, Traffic congestion
Description: Cape Town's most pressing problem: (Above) Cars seek refuge illegally on the Foreshore, with its many acres of vacant land.
Identifier: islandora:15077

Title: Agricultural land scheduled for housing development, Bergvliet, Cape Town
Subject: Bergvliet (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Townships, Urban development, Apartheid, Whites, Environment
Description: Tasting the grapes. The Old Mutual is undertaking another residential township project at Bergvliet, Cape. Some 100 building plots are planned. Ninety will be laid out on what is now farmland. Here Maureen Hodgson, Carol Waylett and Joan Opperman are tasting the grapes.
Identifier: islandora:16848

Title: Enviromentalists protest building of restaurant at Cape Point, Cape Town
Subject: Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Environmental activists, Demonstrations, Environment, Local government, Urban development
Description: We protest: Environmentalists objecting to the proposed restaurant get their message across to councillors during their visit.
Identifier: islandora:17007

Title: Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Water, Trees, Urban areas, Development, Mountains
Description: Liesbeek River with Devil's Peak in the background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16574

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15087

Title: Aerial view, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport
Description: Aerial view of the Foreshore in Cape Town shows the Monumental Park in the foreground, on which the opera house is to be built, flanked on the left by the industrial buildings close to the Culemborg goods yards and on the right by the Sanlam Centre and the new Medipark building. The new station complex and the Paul Sauer Railways Administration building can be seen in the open space between the station, and the Monumental Park is the site for the new Cape Civic Centre.
Identifier: islandora:15119

Title: A weed harvester at work, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Zeekoevlei (South Africa), Water, Lakes, Machinery, Urban areas, Development
Description: To the rescue: busy yesterday, and in two weeks the weed harvester should have cleared the water hyacinth which has been choking Zeekoevlei.
Identifier: islandora:16570

Title: Cooling towers of Athlone power station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Athlone (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries
Description: Cooling towers of Athlone power station, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:18122

Title: Electric station at Mouille Point, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Mouille Point (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Electric industries
Description: Where the Atlantic cable ends. How many people know that this little electric station on the beach at Mouille Point houses the end of the Atlantic cable?
Identifier: islandora:18119

Title: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Monuments, Urban areas, Development, Roads
Description: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16525

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