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Title: Bree Street, Cape Town, 1978
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Historic buildings, Commerce
Description: Former warehouse at 156 Bree Street, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17508

Title: Adderley Street, Cape Town, 1920s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Architecture, Roads, Urban development
Description: This is what Adderley Street looked liked in the 1920s, when the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce was already more than 100 years old (see far right).
Identifier: islandora:17347

Title: Aerial view, Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa), Cemeteries, Aerial views, Buildings, Infrastructure, Urban areas
Description: St Peter's Cemetery, Observatory, is on the left of the picture, between Main Road and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Identifier: islandora:15126

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: Foreshore, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development, Building
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15094

Title: Foreshore freeway construction, Cape Town City
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Land, Urban development, Infrastructure, Transport, Building
Description: Cape Town's new Foreshore Freeway contract no. 3 with, in the distance, the no. 4 contract for the new parking garage that will lie between the two lanes before Christmas, ahead of the scheduled time. Freeway almost ready for traffic. Matter & Weich (PTY) LTD.
Identifier: islandora:15123

Title: Archaeological finds, Golden Acre site, Cape Town, 1975
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Water, Archaeology, Building, Urban development
Description: Jessie Fagan (nearest the camera) and colleagues from the South African Museum and University of Cape Town, at work unearthing stone at Cape Town's Golden Acre - part of a dam wall dating back to the earliest days of the Cape. It is hoped to remove sections for preservation.
Identifier: islandora:17492

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

Title: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Historic sites, Church buildings, Urban areas, Development, Roads
Description: Street on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16526

Title: Archaeological finds, Golden Acre site, Cape Town, 1975
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Water, Archaeology, Building, Urban development
Description: Label on every stone - The first part of the dismantling process of the historic wall sections got under way at the Golden Acre site yesterday when detailed photographs of the stones were taken from a hydraulic crane. Each stone has been labelled to assist the SA Museum authorities to rebuild them exactly as they were. The sections were provisionally declared national monuments. The fate of the reservoir is still to be decided.
Identifier: islandora:17494

Title: Former police station, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic buildings, Real estate development, Urban development
Description: The former Rondebosch Police Station, our auction choice for the week. This building housed Rondebosch's police for 77 years, and is one of the oldest buildings in Rondebosch.
Identifier: islandora:16629

Title: Aerial view, freeway construction, Constantia Valley, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Development, Transport, Building, Environment
Description: A freeway snakes through Constantia Valley farmland, preparing to carry an ever-increasing load of urban traffic across a once tranquil area. This photograph was taken during the construction of the Blue Route.
Identifier: islandora:16562

Title: Long Street, Cape Town, 1982
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Urban development, Building
Description: One of Long Street's historic buildings, restored to mint condition. It and others like it will be protected permanently if the plan to have the street declared an historical area is accepted.
Identifier: islandora:17448

Title: Former Dutch Reformed Church, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Kalk Bay (South Africa), Historic buildings, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: The former Dutch Reformed Church in Kalk Bay.
Identifier: islandora:17312

Title: Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, circa 1920s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, Motorcars, Architecture, Church buildings
Description: Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, looking towards the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strand Street, circa 1920s-1930s
Identifier: islandora:17376

Title: Corner of Loop and Hout Streets, Cape Town, 1974
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Roads, Urban development, City planning, Historic buildings
Description: This building on the corner of Loop and Hout streets is not one of the oldest in the area, but it is one of the best preserved and will be affected by the road widening.
Identifier: islandora:17513

Title: Aerial view, Gardens, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Gardens (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban areas, Residential buildings, Architecture
Description: Gardens, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15163

Title: Long Street, Cape Town,
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Demolition, Urban development, City planning
Description: Long Street?, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:17461

Title: Wynberg, Cape Town
Subject: Wynberg (Cape Town, South Africa), Urban development, Motorcars, Roads, Historic buildings
Description: Stone pines in Wynberg, Cape Town, in the first half of the twentieth century.
Identifier: islandora:17509

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