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Photographs by Lucille Davie: Johannesburg Inner City

Aerialview-Braamfontein1Aerial view over the city from Bramfontein
  • Aerialview-Braamfontein1Aerial view over the city from Bramfontein
  • AngloAmericanHQ2Entrance to Anglo American's headquarters in Main Street
  • ArtCityProject3Billboard proclaiming Cell C's "art city" project
  • artgallery4.jpgEntrance to Johannesburg Art Gallery, designed by Edward Lutyens
  • Art-in-city5.jpgHuge billboard decorates building as part of "art city" project
  • BarbicanBuilding6.jpgBarbican Building, a neglected historic building for which upgrading is planned
  • Braamfontein7Braamfontein, looking towards the Nelson Mandela bridge, under construction
  • BreeStreet-fromMarket8Looking down Bree Street from Newtown
  • ChamberofMines9Fountain in front of Chamber of Mines building
  • ChessMitchellPark10Playing chess in newly-upgraded Mitchell's Park
  • ChinaTown11Buildings in China Town
  • CityHallentrance12Entrance to the old City Hall, which now houses the Gauteng Legislature
  • CityView13View northwards across the city from the top of Africa's tallest office block, the Carlton Centre
  • ConstCourt-building14Construction of the Constitutional Court on the site of the Old Fort
  • DiamondBuilding15De Beers' symbolic Diamond Building by Helmut Jahn, looms over the red brick Reserve Bank building
  • Fietas-Oldhouse16.Shops in "Fietas", the old nickname for the mixed-race Vrededorp, Fordsburg, Pageview areas
  • FietasStreet17Rows of housing in a "Fietas" streets
  • GandhiSquare18Looking down on the renovated main bus terminal, renamed Gandhi Square
  • HousingProject-CBD19Newly-constructed low-cost housing project in Fordsburg
  • InnerCityBuilding20Mural decorates building as part of Art City campaign to spruce up public spaces
  • JoubertPark21Pedestrians stroll through Joubert Park, the inner city's largest park
  • LibraryGardens22On the Library Lawns outside the central library
  • MainStreet23The western end of Main Street has been pedestrianised
  • Markhams24Markhams Building continues to be a city landmark
  • MutiShop25Inside a 'muti' or traditional medicines shop in the Newtown area
  • Newtown-CityArt26'Art City' billboard decorates an old power station building in Newtown
  • Newtown-MuseumAfrika27Sunset view across Newtown with Museum Afrika at centre
  • Newtown-Upgrade28View across Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown
  • OldBreeStPoliceStation29Little-known historic building in Bree Street once housed a police station
  • OldChinatown30Old buildings in China Town
  • OldFort31Entrance to the Old Fort, soon to house the Constitutional Court
  • OldFort-view32Little-known historic building in Bree Street once housed a police station
  • OrientalPlaza33Banners draped across the interior of the Oriental Plaza
  • ParkStation34The old entrance to the main railway station, Park Station
  • ParkUpgrade35Newly-upgraded inner-city park
  • RissikStreetview36View down Rissik Street towards Braammfontein
  • Streetscene-Kapitans37City street scene: outside Kapitan's restaurant
  • StreetSeats38Relaxing outdoors on Gandhi Square, planned to become a city gathering place
  • View-exBraam39View across Parktown towards General Hospital in distance
  • View-Fordsburg40View towards town from Fordsburg