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Title: Aerial view from Signal Hill over the City Bowl and Cape Flats, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Environment
Description: This unusual aerial view of Cape Town has all the boldness, optimism and excitement of the New Year. The great vista stretching over the Cape Flats towards Hottentots Holland to symbolize the future. Indeed it is in this direction that much of the Peninsula's expansion is taking place. But Table Mountain is still dominant and timeless, defying any further encroachment up its slopes. The picture was taken at a height of 4,500 ft. The four famous beaches of Clifton are easily recognized at the bottom on the left. Bottom right is Camps Bay, some of whose residents might even be able to point out their own houses. Voortrekker Road (top left) through Kensington, Goodwood, Parow and Bellville, is clearly visible, so are the two cooling towers of the Athlone power station, with Langa just beyond them.
Identifier: islandora:17087

Title: View over the City Bowl from Signal Hill, Cape Town, 1888
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Urban development, City planning, Architecture
Description: 1888: Cape Town had not yet encroached on Devil's Peak and Table Mountain. Note Roeland Street, which ended up as a track leading to a quarry.
Identifier: islandora:17191

Title: View of the City Bowl, Cape Town, in 1899
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Environment, Architecture
Description: Cape Town from Signal Hill, 1899.
Identifier: islandora:17051

Title: Table Mountain, Cape Town, from the City Bowl
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical monuments, Environment, Conservation of natural resources
Description: Before Table Mountain can be declared a national monument as urged by public bodies, the area, about 180 morgen, between the dotted line and the white line (municipal boundary) [not visible on image] will first have to be expropriated. There is a similar large tract of land on the Camps Bay side of the mountain.
Identifier: islandora:17042

Title: City Bowl, Cape Town, circa 1905
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, City planning, Demolition
Description: By 1905, the view from the same spot had changed drastically, as this photograph shows.
Identifier: islandora:17189

Title: City Bowl and Devil's Peak
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Aerial views, Historic buildings, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950.
Description: View of central Cape Town towards Devil's Peak, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17047

Title: City Bowl and Table Bay in the 1930s
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Environment, Architecture
Description: Cape Town view from Signal Hill about 1936.
Identifier: islandora:17053

Title: General view of the City Bowl, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Cape Town Harbour, Urban development, City planning
Description: Cape Town City Bowl towards Devil's Peak, showing the old harbour, docks and power stations, before the demolition of District Six.
Identifier: islandora:17046

Title: City Bowl from Signal Hill, 1900
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), City planning, Urban development, Environment, Architecture
Description: View of the City Bowl and Table Bay from Signal Hill, 1900.
Identifier: islandora:17050

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