Hidden Joburg (Category) - 22 posts

Picking up on my "Hidden Joburg" series from 2022, I finally visited the home of the late sculptor Edoardo Villa in Kew.

In the most recent installment of my Hidden Joburg series I visit the Freemasons' Hall in Parktown, designed by Gordon Leith in the 1950s.

In the latest installment of my Hidden Joburg series, I visit the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen, in Hillbrow.

In the next episode of my Hidden Joburg series I review the Radium Beer Hall, Joburg's oldest continually running bar.

I visited the View, a historic Victorian mansion in Parktown, with the Joburg Heritage Foundation. One more Hidden Joburg spot off the list!

I visited Glenshiel, a historic Herbert Baker home in Westcliff, and then remembered my 2019 visit to Villa Arcadia, another Baker home.

I visited the Lions Shul, South Africa's oldest synagogue, in Doornfontein. It's one of the few shuls still operating in the inner city.

I recently became a member of the Rand Club, the historic (formerly mens- and whites-only) club in downtown Joburg.

After many years of gazing at it from afar, I finally visited the "lemon squeezer church", which is featured in Hidden Joburg.

I visited the Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand for the first time in several years, and got permission to take pictures from the top.

The Rand Club, one of Joburg's oldest buildings, has undergone many transformations. The most recent one has made it much more accessible to the public.

In my quest to cover all of Joburg's hidden places, I sometimes neglect the unhidden places. Mandela House, a museum on Vilakazi Street, is one such place.