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Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: Parow, nine years ago a small Cape Town "dormitory," now a thriving industrial and business centre. Its council has ambitious schemes in hand for improving the amenities for its rapidly expanding population.
Identifier: islandora:15792

Title: Aerial view of Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Landscape, Industrial, Infrastructure, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: An aerial view of Parow showing Sanlam Centre in the background.
Identifier: islandora:15791

Title: Pelikan Park to be cleared for housing, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Urban development, ,
Description: Site-clearing for Pelikan Park - the new Indian housing development stretching from the False bay coast to Zeekoevlei - has destroyed one of the largest remaining area of coastal dune land in the Western Cape. The development has taken over an area proposed as a nature reserve to protect the area's unique vegetation. No alternative reserve has been planned. City engineer Mr Jan Brand's 1982 Greening of the City report recommended the creation of a 427 hectare Strandfontein Fynbos Nature Reserve to protect the largest remaining area coastal fynbos in metropolitan Cape Town and said residential development should be planned around the reserve.
Identifier: islandora:15802

Title: Rosie, the bronze statue watches over the construction work happening in Llandudno, Cape Town
Subject: Statues, Urban development, Roads, ,
Description: Rosie, the bronze statue that has become a landmark in Llandudno, watches with apprehension as a lorry dumps fill for a new road pushing forward between the houses and the beach. Many residents of the secluded village fear the new developments may destroy their privacy by attracting crowds of week-end visitors, although the plans do not at present provide for a car park there, according to the Divisional Council Engineer (Mr M.K Botha).
Identifier: islandora:15187

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