tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318635902012-01-14T04:58:41.263+02:00Part of the Death of Johannesburg SeriesThe Real Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512197893435107223noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863590.post-1154211373819420262006-07-30T00:09:00.000+02:002006-09-14T03:27:06.140+02:00<div align="center"><strong>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...</strong> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/Old%20SA%20Joubert%20Park.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/Old%20SA%20Joubert%20Park.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong> And then what it looks like today:</strong><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp01.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp02.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp03.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp04.jpg"></a></div><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp04.0.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31863590-115421137381942026?l=dojjouubertpark.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Real Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512197893435107223noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863590.post-1154210953000989862006-07-30T00:05:00.000+02:002006-08-03T23:25:49.210+02:00<div align="center"><strong>All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.</strong></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp05.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp05.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp06.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp06.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp07.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp07.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp08.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp09.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp09.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp10.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp10.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31863590-115421095300098986?l=dojjouubertpark.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Real Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512197893435107223noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31863590.post-1154210705029086252006-07-30T00:00:00.000+02:002006-12-09T05:18:19.960+02:00<div align="center"><strong>All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.</strong> </div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp11.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp11.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp12.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp13.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp15.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp15.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp16.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp16.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/1600/jp_08_detail.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8078/3331/400/jp_08_detail.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31863590-115421070502908625?l=dojjouubertpark.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Real Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512197893435107223noreply@blogger.com71