Museums and Buildings (Category) - 137 posts

Over Human Rights Day weekend I discovered St. Alban's Anglican Mission Church, a 100-year-old church hidden in plain sight in Ferreirasdorp.

I joined a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of three quirky mansions on Linksfield Ridge designed by architect Gerald Gordon.

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.

Thorsten and I explored the old Johannesburg Gas Works several month ago. I don't recommend others doing this but I want to share the photos.

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.

Gail and I took a gallery-hopping tour through Rosebank with Thabo the Tourist, Joburg's charming guide for the arts.

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

I attended a service at St. Nicholas of Japan, an Orthodox church in Brixton. The service was beautiful and got my mind off current events.