HERITAGE
Joburg history ends in rubble as heritage site is demolished
A wrecking ball smashes a Herbert Baker building declared a provincial heritage site
27 April 2023 - 05:00
What was once a place of “tranquillity and beauty” in the south of Joburg has become a blot on the landscape, even amid the warehouse brutalism of the industrial suburb of Selby.
The quoted description, along with a “pleasant working environment [and] … a magnificent display of flowers, shrubs and trees”, appeared in a 1979 pamphlet issued by the building’s then owner, Rand Mines Properties (RMP)...
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