The journey of the Braamfontein Spruit Source of the Braamfontein Spruit in what is now Barnato School I recently visited the Barnato High School in Berea to do some scoping for a possible heritage report and was fascinated to discover that the Braamfontien Spruit rises in the grounds of this school. Apparently when Barnato built […]
Read More »Some time ago Safarinow asked me to write a review of Craighall Park. I don’t think they ever used it. But it gives a good sense of some of the facilities the suburb has on offer. So here it is for republishing. Central suburb in Parks area of Joburg Craighall Park, an amazingly central suburb in […]
Read More »From grazing land to sewage works to recreational space: Delta Park Delta Park, 104 hectares of open park land, is just 5 blocks from Liz at Lancaster. The area now known as Delta Park was part of the farm Klipfontein in the 19th Century. In 1902 it became a grazing area for cows as part […]
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