The Death of Johannesburg

Illustrating the collapse and physical destruction of Johannesburg in the "New

Bree Street, Johannesburg, Where Gold (Used) to Lie in the Street,

A Visit to Yeoville

Yeoville was one of the 'trendiest' places in Johannesburg . Its

Corner of Raymond and Rockey Streets, Yeoville. This used to be

All that remains of the South Street cafe, Bellevue East, Yeoville.

The corner of Rockey and Bezuidenhout Streets, Yeoville. There used to

Looking down Bezuidenhout Street towards Rockey Street .

A little further up Bezuidenhout Street ...

The BP Garage on the north corner of the major Rockey

A typical gutted house, corner of Muller and Bezuidenhout Streets. Even

Smashed apartments, Saunders Road Yeoville. Currently inhabited by squatters. The stench

Inhabited house, lower Rockey Street , towards Observatory. ALL of the

Typical filthy apartment block, Pope Street.

Street scene, Dunbar Street . Taken from my car while moving,

Joel Street , Berea .

Apartments, Olivia Street , Berea

Apartments, cnr. Lily Ave and Olivia Street , Berea .

The ruins of the Sands Hotel, O'Reilly Street , Hillbrow.

The main entrance to the Sands Hotel, O'Reilly Street , Hillbrow

The ruins of the Mark Hotel , O'Reilly Road , Hillbrow.

A close-up of the ruins of the Mark Hotel , O'Reilly

The corner of Catherine and Esselin Streets, Hillbrow. Trash is just

The main entrance to the old Hillbrow Squash Centre, Pretoria Street

Smashed block, claiming to be home to a High School, corner

Parkview Apartment block, Lily Ave , Berea . Fairly typical state

A side view of the Parkview Apartment block, showing the equally

The bricked up remains of the Hatikvah Delicatessen, one of Hillbrow's

Burnt out and gutted apartments, Catherine Street , Hillbrow

Corner Soper and Catherine Roads, Hillbrow. Fairly typical street scene.

A gutted and bricked up building, corner Claim and Kotze Streets,

Gutted building and ruined furniture store, corner Edith Cavell and Kotze

A close-up of the bricked up Big Deals....

The Nedbank Plaza and the ruins of the Cafe Zurich, formerly

The gutted ruins of the Nedbank Plaza and the Cafe Zurich,

The Ruins of Cafe Zurich, Pretoria Street , another view.

The Harrison Reef Hotel....or what remains of it, rather.

The entrance to the Highpoint "shopping centre" on Pretoria Street ,

The Highpoint apartment block: back in the 1980s, it was the

A close-up of a few of the windows in Highpoint today.

The destroyed building on the corner of Claim and Pretoria Streets,

A close-up of the corner of Claim and Pretoria Streets. There

Anyone remember buying records at the Hillbrow Record Centre, Pretoria Street

Anyone remember the Milky Lane milkshake shop above Hillbrow Record Centre?

Street scene, Pretoria Road . Formerly one of the main shopping

Burnt out Apartment block, Goldriech Street , Hillbrow

Apartments, cnr. Claim and Van der Merwe streets, Hillbrow.

Goldreich Street Apartments, Hillbrow

A car wash? Just mind the rubbish. Lower Claim Street ,

Apartment dwellers, Claim Street , Joubert Park , central Johannesburg

Apartments, Berea , north eastern Johannesburg

The Rosa Hotel , Berea : boarded up and abandoned, but

The Ruins of Johannesburg . .

Jeppe, east Johannesburg , inhabited houses

Jeppe, east Johannesburg , inhabited houses

Need a haircut? Jeppe, east Johannesburg, inhabited houses

Jeppe, east Johannesburg, inhabited houses

Bree Street, Central Johannesburg

The Chelsea Hotel , Hillbrow: a formerly popular hotel, now boarded

"Air conditioned apartments" Berea , north east Johannesburg Location: Awful Johannesburg

The Three Castles Building , Marshall Street It was once a

The View From the Gauteng Legislature Building It's a funny thing,

A close-up of the view:

this is view one has to the east, or directly in

This is the view one has to the south, I think

Joubert Park Joubert Park was one of the first open spaces

First, a picture from the Old South Africa , showing what

And then what it looks like today:

All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.

All pictures taken from the Twist Street side.

The Vanishing Impala

Oppenheimer Park, situated between President and Pritchard Streets, was a pleasant

Here is what it looked like then:

By the late 1990s, Oppenheimer Park had been trashed by the