Joburg Places I’ve always been amazed at Gerald Garner’s knowledge and passion for Jozi and most of all by the insightful historical connections he makes. I went on my first tour with Gerald in 2012 when he first started. So it was an immediate “Yes, please” when Landi and Wynand asked if I was interested […]
Read More »Following the prisoner with garlands of flowers He must have cut a strange figure. A small man in prison clothing surrounded by prison warders (having arrived by train from a Volksrust prison) being walked from Park Station to the Old Fort in Braamfontein. This vignette was made all the more unusual because of a following […]
Read More »Tours with Gerald Garner of Joburg Places:highly recommended The only way to get a real sense of a city is not by driving through as an observer, but by immersing oneself in the sensory experiences of street life and activity. So while the Hop-on Hop-off Red Bus is a great way to orientate oneself to the […]
Read More »On Saturday 17th November there is a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation walk (2 hours) past 2 homes in Parktown: Brenthurst, & Timewell with a visit to Etunzini. [Unfortunately this tour is for members only but there is still time to join. Phone Eira on (011) 482-3349] Back to the tour .. Brenthurst was designed by Baker […]
Read More »Gerald Garner who wrote Spaces and Places Johannesburg as well as Johannesburg 10Ahead, has recently started walking tour of Jozi’s inner city. On 28th Jan a tour will leave from Mary Fitzgerald Square at 9 am. Billed to see the public art in Newtown, Turbine Hall, Chancellor House, the Anglo American campus, the Ashanti Hotel and […]
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