Comments on: Old Cape Town’s Oranjezicht http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-cape-towns-oranjezicht Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:13:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paulhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-10566 Paul Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:17:49 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-10566 That's awesome Lulu... although, I'm struggling to see those fruit bowls... and more to the point... why were there fruit bowls outside your house!? :)Thanks for the info about the driver. That's pretty interesting. It seems that he had a fairly sizeable piece of land. You're right though, this is a pretty part of the city. That’s awesome Lulu… although, I’m struggling to see those fruit bowls… and more to the point… why were there fruit bowls outside your house!? :)

Thanks for the info about the driver. That’s pretty interesting. It seems that he had a fairly sizeable piece of land. You’re right though, this is a pretty part of the city.

]]> By: Lulu van Pletsenhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-10553 Lulu van Pletsen Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:21:12 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-10553 I am proud to say that the house second from the mountain (with the fruit bowls on the gate) on this photo is my house, 178 Upper Buitenkant Street. The longer I live in the house the more I just love the area. The building to your left (on your photos one can only see the trees), on the corner, opposite the Victorian block used to be the house of the driver of Governor Simon van der Stel. It is now divided into 4 apartments. I am proud to say that the house second from the mountain (with the fruit bowls on the gate) on this photo is my house, 178 Upper Buitenkant Street. The longer I live in the house the more I just love the area. The building to your left (on your photos one can only see the trees), on the corner, opposite the Victorian block used to be the house of the driver of Governor Simon van der Stel. It is now divided into 4 apartments.

]]> By: Paulhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-8577 Paul Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:05:23 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-8577 Thanks HiltonT, I'm always nervous of taking photos standing in the middle of an intersection. Photographers tend to get carried away with shooting the photo and forget about the traffic. I kept on having to remind myself that taxi's stop for no man. ;)On the location, while I can't emphatically say that you're wrong, I'm not sure that you're correct. I don't know the area as well as you do, but according to a comment that I had on my <a href="http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/vredehoek-a-suburb-of-the-city/" rel="nofollow">previous post</a> the house in the photo would be in Oranjezicht, while the left of the photo would be Vredehoek.<em>"Also, according to the way I understand it (and my old map book) Upper Buitenkant divides Vredehoek and Oranjezicht. So yes you are correct that you took the photo in Vredehoek as you were standing on the east side of the road. But Villa is on the west side, so wouldn’t that make it Orangezicht? "</em>General opinion often have suburb borders as blurred lines and I guess it's not uncommon for people to differ on where one suburb ends and another begins. :) Thanks HiltonT, I’m always nervous of taking photos standing in the middle of an intersection. Photographers tend to get carried away with shooting the photo and forget about the traffic. I kept on having to remind myself that taxi’s stop for no man. ;)

On the location, while I can’t emphatically say that you’re wrong, I’m not sure that you’re correct. I don’t know the area as well as you do, but according to a comment that I had on my previous post the house in the photo would be in Oranjezicht, while the left of the photo would be Vredehoek.

“Also, according to the way I understand it (and my old map book) Upper Buitenkant divides Vredehoek and Oranjezicht. So yes you are correct that you took the photo in Vredehoek as you were standing on the east side of the road. But Villa is on the west side, so wouldn’t that make it Orangezicht? “

General opinion often have suburb borders as blurred lines and I guess it’s not uncommon for people to differ on where one suburb ends and another begins. :)

]]> By: HiltonThttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-8569 HiltonT Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:34:37 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-8569 Great photo, except it's not in Oranjezicht.This is the corner of Upper Buitenkant Street and Vredehoek Avenue in the suburb of Vredehoek. This is an area I know extremely well. Great photo, except it’s not in Oranjezicht.

This is the corner of Upper Buitenkant Street and Vredehoek Avenue in the suburb of Vredehoek. This is an area I know extremely well.

]]> By: Beverleyhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-7351 Beverley Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:28:01 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-7351 Besides seeing the lovely photo of the buildings it's interesting to see how close the mountain is and of course it's emphasised by the cloud coming down over it... Besides seeing the lovely photo of the buildings it’s interesting to see how close the mountain is and of course it’s emphasised by the cloud coming down over it…

]]> By: Paulhttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-7337 Paul Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:10:49 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-7337 Thanks Eleonora! :) Thanks Eleonora! :)

]]> By: Eleonorahttp://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/blog/2010/01/old-cape-towns-oranjezicht/comment-page-1/#comment-7325 Eleonora Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:20:52 +0000 http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/?p=6820#comment-7325 Wonderful, simply wonderful. Visiting this blog is the next best thing to being there in Cape Town.Ciao, Eleonora Wonderful, simply wonderful. Visiting this blog is the next best thing to being there in Cape Town.

Ciao,
Eleonora

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