The old Pier was built in 1910 and demolished 1939. It is now part of the reclaimed foreshore complex.
During those 29 years, the Pier was a highlight of Cape Town's community life, open to all races, extremely popular on weekends and public holidays. Open-air pop-concerts on a small pavillion-type stage. Ballet and pop concerts were the favourites, together with light classical music.
During those 29 years, the Pier was a highlight of Cape Town's community life, open to all races, extremely popular on weekends and public holidays. Open-air pop-concerts on a small pavillion-type stage. Ballet and pop concerts were the favourites, together with light classical music.
Cape Town City Hall is a large Edwardian building in Cape Town city centre which was built in 1905. It is located on the Grand Parade to the west of the Castle.
The building was designed as the result of a public competition, with much of the building material, including fixtures and fittings being imported from Europe. |
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The Parade is inseparably associated with the Castle and was used by its garrison as a training ground. Despite this, however, for many years it remained a grassy meadow dissected by meandering streams. In 1763 the burgers of Cape Town planted a number of oaks around this area, and in 1806 the city treasury voted money for the erection of a fountain and the planting of more trees. The fountain was never completed and, by 1814, all traces of it had disappeared. Despite its value as a civic open ground, over the years a number of buildings have built on its fringes, and today it has shrunk to about one half of its original area. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 August 1962.
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