Head to Hillbrow for history
HILLBROW - The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation will venture into one of Johannesburg's oldest suburbs this month – a suburb that has changed dramatically time and again.
The foundation’s walking tour of Hillbrow will explore the history and heritage of this much-maligned area from street level.
“Hillbrow first went high-rise from the late 1920s, but there are still remnants from the 19th Century,” said the foundation’s Flo Bird.
Bird said the tour will start beyond the walls of The Old Fort, now Constitution Hill, continue past the old Andre Huguenot Theatre to Kotze Street and Highpoint, and move down Twist and Goldreich streets before heading back up the hill to the old Hillbrow Police Station.
The tour will take place on 25 January at 2pm, and booking is essential. Parking will be available in Queen’s Road, between Sam Hancock and Kotze streets.
Details: 011 482 3349; www.computicket.com; mail@joburgheritage.co.za
