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Title: Freeway construction, Woodstock, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport, Building
Description: Formwork on the city side lane of the freeway over the Culemborg goods yards has now linked up and the deck should be complete with six weeks. The Woodstock lane will be finished well under the five months, thereby enabling the contractors to finish the R 4-million contract three months ahead of the December 3 contract completion date. A spokesman for the contractors said the speed of the work was due in part to the co-operation of South African Railways who 'did all they could to allow us to work unhindered by their traffic,' and to the relatively few south-easters this summer. Cranes had been used 15 percent more than usual for this time of the year.
Identifier: islandora:15122

Title: St. Georges Street, Cape Town, circa1894
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Historic buildings
Description: Eighty years ago, about 1894, this is what the top of St. George's Street looked like, with the post office then occupying the site at the corner of Church Street later making way for the Cape Times Building, until in recent years it has been renamed Fairbairn Building. The double-storeyed building on the immediate right was re-built into the Argus Building. The handsome old St. George's Cathedral has long since been demolished.
Identifier: islandora:15109

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1908
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Transport, Urban development, Tramways
Description: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1908. Electric trams, Cape carts and drays.
Identifier: islandora:17353

Title: Old Opera House, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Demolition, Urban development
Description: The old Opera House on the corner of Darling and Parliament Streets, Cape Town. Demolished in 1937.
Identifier: islandora:17215

Title: Archaeological finds, Golden Acre site, Cape Town, 1975
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Water, Archaeology, Building, Urban development
Description: Mr Michael Wilson (left), the archaeologist working on the Golden Acre site, points out a section of what may be the wall of Van Riebeeck's historic 'drinkwaterback' dam to Mr Graeme Clark, site engineer.
Identifier: islandora:17493

Title: YMCA Building, Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1989
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Restoration: The old YMCA building at 44 Long Street sold by the Cape Town Heritage Trust to the National Parks Board for R500 000. The Building, sold subject to the new requirements, is to be the new southern region head office of the Parks Board.
Identifier: islandora:17443

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: Puddles after storm, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Land, Buildings
Description: The Trust Bank and other city buildings are reflected in giant puddles left after a recent heavy rainstorm.
Identifier: islandora:15107

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: YWCA Building, Long Street, Cape Town, circa 1979
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, City planning
Description: The future of the old YWCA building, a fine example of Victorian architecture in Long Street is in the balance. The old YWCA building, or No. 76 to 80 Long Street, is listed in the definitive work, Buildings of Central Cape Town, as being Victorian with a distinctive cast of double level veranda. On the second floor a panel reads 'In memory of Minnie and Maria Bam, Founded 1886 Rebuilt 1903.'
Identifier: islandora:17444

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: Aerial view, Camps Bay, Cape Town
Subject: Camps Bay (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Aerial views, City planning, Urban development, Residential buildings
Description: Aerial view of Camps Bay in the early 1990s
Identifier: islandora:17000

Title: Cape Town suburbs
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Agriculture, Urban development, Devil's Peak (Western Cape, South Africa)
Description: Cape Town suburbs.
Identifier: islandora:17478

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: Cartwright's Corner building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, City planning, Urban development, Demolition
Description: The old Cartwright's Corner building, a splendid example of Victorian ornateness, was in keeping with other similar buildings in Adderley Street. The new building on this site,though one of the better examples of modern architecture, dwarfs the beautiful old Standard Bank Building in its original setting. (Published 15 August 1974). Cape Archives.
Identifier: islandora:17345

Title: Final stages of dismantling the bridge that spanned the Liesbeek River, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Liesbeek River (South Africa), Building, Urban areas, Development
Description: Six-ton girders, the last of the bridge that spanned the Liesbeek River at Mowbray, being removed today. The area reclaimed has been filled in and the road will soon run straight through.
Identifier: islandora:16576

Title: Burg Street, Cape Town, 1991
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Churches, Religion, Urban development, Historic buildings
Description: The Old: The Metropolitan Methodist church hall and former bookshop in Burg Street which are due to be demolished.
Identifier: islandora:17504

Title: Ndabeni Industrial Area, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Industry, Building, Economy, Urban development
Description: Cape Town from the air. A Cape Times air photograph of the Ndabeni Industrial Area, showing factories in process of construction. (Published 1 July 1995)
Identifier: islandora:17348

Title: Dock Road Power Station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Cities and towns, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: Dock Road Power Station, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15098

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

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