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Title: St. Peter's Church celebrates 100 years, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Religion, Church buildings, Centennial celebrations, etc., ,
Description: St. Peter's church, Mowbray which celebrated its centenary yesterday. The rector, the Rev. John Carter, can be seen standing at the church gates.
Identifier: islandora:15440

Title: Homestead to be demolished for office block, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, Eviction, ,
Description: Two hundred years old - This old homestead is to make way for a modern office block at Rondebosch. It is in a dangerous state of disrepair, and notices warning against a close approach have been placed outside it. In the foreground is a decorative foundation. Nobody can remember when it last played.
Identifier: islandora:15544

Title: Maitland resident with hammer standing guard over property, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Human security, Protection, ,
Description: Mr Piet Wiese - trying to keep the skollies out.
Identifier: islandora:15193

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, Ocean, ,
Description: Muizenberg - once a premier resort in The Cape, now said to be losing some of its glitter.
Identifier: islandora:15397

Title: A row of apartments on fire, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Fires, ,
Description: Smoke seeps out from under the iron roof of a row of maisonettes in Lower Main Road, Observatory, today after one of the upper stories of the building had been destroyed by fire. About 150 people watched the blaze which was controlled by firemen in 15 minutes.
Identifier: islandora:15584

Title: Aerial view of Marina Da Gama, Cape Town
Subject: Aerial views, Landscapes, Residential buildings, ,
Description: An aerial view of Marina Da Gama. Next month, building will start on a new townhouse block opposite the Visitors' Centre. The centre itself will be used as a boating centre. A private club called Club Da Gama is to be formed using the centre as headquarters as well as a place to exhibit boating merchandise.
Identifier: islandora:15252

Title: Neighbours chat over garden wall, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Communities, ,
Description: Neighbours chat over the garden wall at new Crossroads where houses vary in design inside and out.
Identifier: islandora:15523

Title: Men building houses, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, House construction, ,
Description: The first houses to be added to Langa location for 10 years are nearing completion. The picture shows part of a scheme for 48 four-room dual-occupancy houses.
Identifier: islandora:15586

Title: Zonnekus, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Historic buildings, Landscapes, ,
Description: This residence was built in 1982 and used by Sir David Graaff and his family as a seaside residence.
Identifier: islandora:15296

Title: Woman inside her Westridge home, Cape Town
Subject: Residential buildings, Public housing, ,
Description: Mrs Magdeline Daniels in her Westridge home. She has lived there for nearly two years and likes "the Plain", but is concerned that sub-economic housing could bring social problems.
Identifier: islandora:15345

Title: Rhodes Cottage, Cape Town
Subject: Historic buildings, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Rhodes Cottage, Muizenberg, which will be opened as a museum by the Mayor, Mr F. Sonnenberg, today.
Identifier: islandora:15376

Title: Two residential homes in Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Architecture, Residential buildings, Landscapes, Gardens, ,
Description: One of Parow's more graceful homes built on the slopes of a hill in Plattekloof.
Identifier: islandora:15788

Title: Aerial view of Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Residential buildings, ,
Description: Despite all the problems related to the development of new townships - such as a lack of adequate facilities, long distances to travel to work and an increasing crime rate - experiment in low cost housing, Mitchell's Plain, continues to mushroom over the Cape Flats, reaching from the sea at Strandfontein towards The Strand and inland to the out [...] Designed to house more people than Kimberly, Bloemfontein, East London or Maritzburg, the Plain [...] This dramatic aerial photograph shows about one quarter of Mitchell's Plain, stretching out towards the Hottentots Holland mountains in the distance. Another 12 600 homes, which will cost more than R600 million, are planned to complete [...]
Identifier: islandora:15342

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