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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: Postcard of Grand Parade, Cape Town, on auction day
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Flea markets, Urban development, Architecture, Demolition
Description: Auction day on the Grand Parade, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17210

Title: House in Wale Street, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Demolition, Urban development
Description: Old house at the top of Wale Street.
Identifier: islandora:17206

Title: Former New Apostolic Church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: A night club and takeaways have replaced a New Apostolic church.
Identifier: islandora:17310

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: Lower Adderley street, Cape Town.
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Commerce, Roads
Description: Lower Adderley Street as it appears today: excavation has been made to receive a combination of concrete tunnels that will convey the city's storm water to the new harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17364

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: 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: Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15086

Title: St George's Cathedral, Cape Town , 1859
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Christianity, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The old classical St George's Cathedral at the top od St George's Street in 1859.
Identifier: islandora:17361

Title: Groote Kerk, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Groote Kerk on Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17154

Title: Foreshore reclamation, Cape Town, 1951
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture, Cape Town Harbour
Description: The annotated picture above illustrates how Adderley Street is to be extended under Cape Town's Foreshore scheme. Work on the new road begins on Monday.
Identifier: islandora:17499

Title: Demolition of the old Cape Town Station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Railways, Demolition, Architecture
Description: Soon the walls will come down, too - and a new phoenix rise out of the ashes of the old station.
Identifier: islandora:17410

Title: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, Urban development, City planning
Description: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17420

Title: Offices of Herbert Penny & Co, St George's Street, Cape Town, circa 1925
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Real estate agents, Urban development, Commerce
Description: In the beginning: Herbert Penny's offices at 45 St Georges Street. The picture was taken about 1925.
Identifier: islandora:17188

Title: Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, 1990s
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Architecture, Tourism, Community development, Women
Description: Balcony and façade of a house in the Bo-Kaap.
Identifier: islandora:17232

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 City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Development
Description: Cape Town streets: Plein Street.
Identifier: islandora:15076

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: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town, circa 1950s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Church Buildings, Architecture, Urban development
Description: The portico of the old St. George's Cathedral was demolished in 1952. Cape Town people who might wish to see just how lovely it was, can do so - by going to London to look at St Pancreas Church from the local design was adapted. The site of the old portico is largely used as a car park. The picture shows a view of St George's Street with the Cathedral at the top.
Identifier: islandora:17354

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