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Title: Kelly's Tower on Lansdowne Road, Cape Town
Subject: Historic sites, Infrastructure, ,
Description: The famous Cape landmark, Kelly's Tower, on Lansdowne Road in Phillipi was demolished yesterday to make way for roadworks. Left: The tower just before demolition.
Identifier: islandora:15818

Title: Site where construction will soon take place, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, ,
Description: Observatory site on which Cape Town's Leon Pascall Organisation is to develop a R2 1/2- million high-rise building containing an hotel, a medical centre, a shopping complex, parking garage and service station.
Identifier: islandora:15579

Title: Woodbridge Island Bridge, Cape Town
Subject: Water, Infrastructure, ,
Description: First Milnerton had the best view of Cape Town, then one of the finest racecourses in the Cape. Now it has a prize-winning bridge. The Woodbridge Island bridge has been judged runner-up for the 1985 Fulton Award, given by the Concrete Society of Southern Africa for excellence in the use of concrete in the building and civil engineering structures. The R1,4 Million bridge was built by an underwater construction company in a record time of four-and-a-half months from design to completion.
Identifier: islandora:15308

Title: Oudekraal sold, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Property development, ,
Description: Oudekraal, the landmark estate of the coast between Camps Bay and Llandudno, was sold for R405 000 today to Mr Mel Miller of Cape Town. Potential buyers and onlookers braved a cold and blustery day to sip champagne on the veranda while they waited for the outdoor auction to begin. The auctioneer, Mr Gavin Durr, welcomed clients from overseas, from elsewhere in South Africa, and Cape Town. Bidding started R150 000.
Identifier: islandora:15624

Title: Muizenberg from Boyes Drive, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Historic districts, ,
Description: An old photograph of Muizenberg from Boyes Drive - "a revival of tourism would once again return this lovely surburb to its earlier grandeur."
Identifier: islandora:15382

Title: Aerial view of Nyanga, Cape Town
Subject: Landscapes, Infrastructure, ,
Description: This is Nyanga, where police patrols were active this week after the riots at Langa on Monday night. / Nyanga - township for Natives on the outskirts of Cape Town is well planned, but many of the houses are temporary structures erected by the Natives themselves, until modern brick homes can be built for them.
Identifier: islandora:15601

Title: Shopping Centre in Parow, Cape Town
Subject: Architecture, Infrastructure, Recreation areas, ,
Description: This R265,000 shopping centre at Parow North will be officially opened on Friday morning. The shops it accommodates cover 25,000 square feet and it has parking facilities for 200 cars.
Identifier: islandora:15789

Title: Aerial view of Muizenberg in 1910, Cape Town
Subject: Ocean, Infrastructure, ,
Description: The first pavilion, a timber structure built in 1910, stands alone on the sands, isolated from the rest of Muizenberg. This picture was taken from the hills above the area.
Identifier: islandora:15406

Title: Muizenberg in 1898, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Railroad stations, ,
Description: South Africa's premiere seaside resort - 36 years ago. - The main road at Muizenberg opposite the railway station in 1898 is hardly recognisable in comparison with the scene of today's progress in building and road making.
Identifier: islandora:15386

Title: South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
Subject: Infrastructure, Landscapes, Telescopes, Observatories, ,
Description: The royal Observatory tucked behind the trees near the Liesbeek River. The Sutherland Observatory, contrary to poopular belief, has not made this one obsolete. Here, most of the analytical and reduction work is done by Sir Richard Woolley, director of the new South African Astronomical Observatory. The Royal Observatory, tucked away behind the trees near the Liesbeek River, Observatory - a recent aerial picture of the complex rarely seen by the public.
Identifier: islandora:15576

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