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Parktown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the older residential areas of the Northern Suburbs, having been created as a residential area for the less affluent relatives of the Randlords who had built their mansions on Parktown Ridge during the early days of the Rand gold rush (during the 1890s).
The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially [citation needed] demarcated areas within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a "neighbourhood", although in South Africa most (but not all) "suburbs" have legally recognised borders (see legal definition of ...
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city (both chronologically and geographically). It is affectionately known as one of the Parks , others including Parkview , Parkwood , Westcliff , Parktown North , Parkhurst and Forest Town .
No. Direction Description of Route Suburbs Street Names M1: North/South: R72 (City Centre) - M15 - M4 - M5/R102 - N2 - M11 (Dorchester Heights) CBD, Arcadia, Southernwood, Selbourne, Vincent, Dorchester Heights
The mansions of Parktown (a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa) are an important part of the history of the city of Johannesburg. They were the homes of the Randlords , accountants, military personnel and other influential residents of early Johannesburg, dating back as early as the 1890s.
Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and some areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the town of Krugersdorp and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality).
North Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg North Lodge was designed by Herbert J. Aldwyncle and completed in 1906 for H. S. Wilson. The architect endeavored imitate a French castle from the late Gothic period, and the result was the most architecturally romantic house in Parktown. Johannesburg, Parktown: Johannesburg Provincial Heritage Site
Beit Emanuel, formally the Temple Emamuel, is a Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, in the district of Gauteng, South Africa. The synagogue was established in 1954 and is one of the largest Progressive Jewish congregations in South Africa. [ 1 ]