Jeppestown
| Jeppestown | |||
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 12 ′ S , 28 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| District | Johannesburg | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| Residents | 14,795 (2011) | ||
| founding | around 1888 | ||
Jeppestown is a district of Johannesburg and within Region F at the same time an administrative part of the metropolitan municipality City of Johannesburg in the South African province of Gauteng .
geography
According to the 2011 census, 14,795 people lived in Jeppestown. Its area is about 1.83 square kilometers. Jeppestown, east of the Central Business District , is one of the oldest urban residential areas in Johannesburg. Belgravia is the name of the eastern part of Jeppestown.
The Jeppestown district extends along Main Street and Jules Street, which run eastwards from Johannesburg city center . In the south, the district boundary (W to E) runs along Hanau Street , Concession Street and in the far east it intersects Tucker Street at a flat angle. The eastern district boundary extends in the properties to the west and almost parallel with 1st Street to Fawcus Street (former Persimmon Street ). Now it turns to the west and runs on the southwestern edge of Alexander Park to the sharp bend of Good Hope Street ( Loop Road ). Here the district boundary crosses the grounds of the Jeppe High School for Boys . Further west it stretches along Priscilla Street , cutting through quarters in this escape until it swings onto Main Street on Highgate Street . At the intersection with Mordaunt Street, the district boundary bends in the direction of WNW and crosses numerous properties and streets until it ends north of Albertina Sisulu Road at the intersection of Beacon , Shore and Lower Page Street . Here it bends at an acute angle in the direction of the SSE, intersects several districts and streets, and reaches the southwest area of the intersection of Betty Street and Durban Street . Here it bends to the east and runs towards Hanau Street .
Originally, Jeppestown comprised a few more streets, mainly in an EE direction north of today's urban area. The districts of Fairview , Wolhuter and Jeppestown South once belonged to Jeppestown .
history
The direction of expansion of the early settlement activities in Johannesburg is causally linked to the west-east development of the gold mining area on the Witwatersrand . While Fordsburg in the west, with its barracks and simple huts, was the working-class town and a group of residents of mixed origins, Jeppestown was also created as a residential area for wealthy residents of European descent. The Jeppe family were among the major landowners during the first urban development of the site. The company Ford and Jeppe Co. dealt with the land surveying for the purpose of building. In 1893 the plans for 150 buildings were available and in 1898 over 700 buildings were built. This period is considered to be the founding period of Jeppestown.
The bourgeois middle class, with their needs and opportunities, shaped urban development in Jeppestown through the development of a mixed area and prompted the construction of further, albeit smaller, residential buildings in neighboring Jeppestown South . The eastern part of the urban area, known as Belgravia , was subject to higher demands during its development. Here the individual plots were larger and the main roads were planted with rows of trees. In this area, the development of commercial land uses was ruled out by means of municipal regulations, so that it retained its character as a purely residential area.
After the Second World War, Jeppestown suffered from overpopulation and high compression rates. The structural substance in the district increasingly deteriorated. Along the railway line, especially at Jeppestown South , the urban loss of substance through dilapidated and demolished buildings was clearly visible in the settlement.
According to the specifications of the City Town Planning Scheme ( e.g. urban development plan ) from 1946, the land west of the railway line could only be used for commercial purposes. The city authorities also focused commercial development on the areas of Jules , Main and Commissioner Street with their licensing practice . In the 1950s, the Johannesburg city administration commissioned socio-economic studies several times to examine the area in detail. In 1956, such an investigation suggested extensive urban redevelopment measures, of which 250 residential buildings were affected. These steps formed the first intervention of urban planning authorities in the local population structure. In 1963 the City Health Department commissioned a slum building report in Jeppestown. This investigation and other subsequent work initiated extensive urban regeneration measures. The district has developed with mixed usage structures of different densities up to the present day. The older living space is mainly used by black residents who previously lived in barracks, hut settlements, house staff apartments and hostels . They saved many older buildings from destruction, which also occurred as a result of house occupations.
Transport infrastructure
There is the Jeppe railway stop in the west of the district, which is on the Johannesburg-Pretoria long-distance route and is also a stop on five lines of the Metrorail Gauteng local transport network . The George Goch station was also included within earlier district boundaries .
The main thoroughfares in what is now the district are John Page Drive and Jules Street .
Attractions
- St Mary's the Less Anglican Church , built in 1889
- Belgravia district
- Jeppe Oval Gardens or The Oval
- Murray Park, a communal green space
- Museum of African Design (MOAD)
- New Apostolic Church
- Salisbury House
- Sir Julius Jeppe Memorial in the Jeppe Oval
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Johannesburg: Region F ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.joburg.org.za (English)
- ↑ 2011 census . accessed on September 27, 2017
- ↑ a b J. A. Deane: A Model for the densification of an inner city suburb. A case study of Jeppestown . Dissertation, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1995
- ↑ City of Johannesburg: Joburg's great places of worship ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.joburg.org.za (English)
- ↑ Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo: Maintenance schedules: Zone F . on www.jhbcityparks.com (English)
- ^ Gauteng Tourism Authority: Museum of African Design . on www.gauteng.net
- ↑ City of Johannesburg: Salisbury House shines again ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . at www.joburg.org.za (English)
Web links
- Marc Latilla: Jeppestown & Belgravia Pt.2 (St. Mary's College & Salisbury House) . at www.johannesburg1912.wordpress.com (English)
- Anonymous: A Walk Through Jeppestown with Ancient Secrets . at www.underanafricansun.com (English), numerous pictures of the district