Sunday, July 30, 2006

Joubert Park Part I

Joubert Park was one of the first open spaces for Johannesburg's inner city, proclaimed in 1906 but planned in 1887 and named after Boer War hero, Commandant-General PJ Joubert. It used to be a place where the city council put up Christmas lights, where choirs would sing Christmas carols . . . nowadays it's just a slum with squatters living there... First, a picture from the Old South Africa, showing what Joubert Park USED to look like...
And then what it looks like today:




Joubert Part Part II

All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.





Joubert Park, Part III

All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.