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Adderley Street, Cape Town

3/22/2020

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Adderley Street is the main street of the central business district of Cape Town. The street was originally named Heerengracht, after the canal ("gracht") which ran down its centre, and which had its origins in the rivers from Table Mountain. At the time the street was more of a wide walkway beside the canal, which was crossed by various stone bridges.

The network of canals were covered over in the 1860s. The Heerengracht river and canal therefore became an underground pipe-line. For many years the street was residential, lined with large oak trees, but by 1850 it had become strongly commercial in character.

Mayor Hercules Jarvis named it Adderley Street in 1850, to honour British Parliamentarian Charles Bowyer Adderley (elevated to the peerage as Baron Norton in 1878) who fought successfully against the plan for the British government to make Cape Town into another penal colony.
                                                                                                         
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Visit my online gallery for more animal and bird images, botanical works and images of iconic buildings and places in and around Cape Town in both monochrome and colour.

All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on ready-to-hang stretched canvas.
Click here for prices.

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by phone on +27 79 247 7532
by email to gutmansolly@gmail.com
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The African Elephant

3/15/2020

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The African elephant is the largest animal walking the Earth. Their herds wander through 37 countries in Africa. There are estimated to be approximately 415,000 in the wild. Standing up to 11 feet tall, a fully grown male can weight 6 tons.
The species is classified as 'vulnerable' by the World Wildlife Fund
- read more here.

Visit my online gallery for more animal and bird images, botanical works and images of iconic buildings and places in and around Cape Town in both monochrome and colour.

All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on ready-to-hang stretched canvas.
Click here for prices.

Place your order

by phone on +27 79 247 7532
by email to gutmansolly@gmail.com

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Simon's Town - history beyond the city

3/8/2020

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Simon’s Town is a delightful destination about 40 km south of Cape Town. On the way to Cape Point, this quaint town is the home of the South African navy and is steeped in nautical history. The cobbled streets are alive with restored cottages and homes, whilst the main road is an assortment of shops, coffee shops and restaurants.
Simon’s Town’s historical mile, St George’s Street, has 21 buildings over 150 years old and includes a local museum, the navy museum and a toy museum. This stretch also includes the Church of St Francis, said to be the oldest Anglican Church in the country, a Mosque built in 1926, and the Dido Valley Cemetery, filled with gracious headstones made virtually illegible by the salt-laden sea air and wind.

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Visit the gallery for more images of iconic building and places in and around Cape Town. I also have collections of botanical works, animal and bird images in both monochrome and colour.

All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on ready-to-hang stretched canvas.
Click here for prices.

Place your order

by phone on +27 79 247 7532
by email to gutmansolly@gmail.com


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Hanover Street Fish Market, District Six

3/1/2020

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The Cape Malay fishermen, who mainly lived in District Six, recognised two seasons. There was the season of the small fish, such as harders, which lasted eight months, then came the season of the big fish, particularly snoek.

The fishermen never risked their money in banks, rather they wrapped their coins in lappies (little bits of rag) and through them on the roof of the four-poster bed which most of them inherited.

They would often discuss the snoek run during the season. An early season, with fat specimens at the outset, portends a wet winter, but if the fish only began to run in late April or early May, the Cape winter would be dry and brief.

​A snoek with soft and pinkish flesh is suspect and few will eat it, and if appears slightly luminous when hung in the dark, it must not be eaten even if freshly caught. You have been warned!

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Visit the gallery for more animals, birds, botanicals and images of iconic buildings in and around Cape Town.

All images are available as high quality prints on non-archival paper or on stretched canvas. Click here for prices.

Place your order

by phone on +27 79 247 7532
by email to gutmansolly@gmail.com
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