Don’t Stop on the Donkin
Taking a walk along Route 67 on the Donkin Reserve with Drama Princess
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26/09/2015
Prince Alfred Guard Drill Hall and Museum
One of the lesser known museums in Port Elizabeth is the Prince Alfred Guard Drill Hall in Central. The museum was established as a fusion between the old military museum that was housed at the Donkin Reserve and the old Prince Alfred Guard regimental museum. The Prince Alfred Guard was founded in 1856 as a City Regiment but had their name changed when they provided a Royal Guard for Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria, on his visit to Port Elizabeth in…
20/09/2015
Donkin Street Houses
The Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism head office recently moved from their old premises in South End to new offices in the Donkin Street Houses. The newly renovated Donkin Street Houses form part of the Donkin Village precinct which includes the city blocks of Donkin Hill, Constitution Hill and Victoria Street. This post isn't intended to start yet another discussion on how the restoration was done and how the houses doesn't look like they historically did. Regardless of all this, the houses are finally…
09/09/2015
Have you ever visited the GFI or Ron Belling Art Galleries?
Do you know any of these two art galleries? The Ron Belling Art Gallery and the GFI Art Gallery. Perhaps the former sounds familiar. Not sure about the latter? Well, they are one and the same thing.The gallery is housed in a landmark Art Deco style building across from St Georges Park on Park Drive. The building, named "Ridgewood", was commissioned by Axel Stockelbach, then managing director of Ford South Africa, in 1936 and was designed by Gertruida Brinkman, the first woman Architect to qualify…
06/09/2015
A grey Spring Day
It is the first of September and thus Spring Day. As is the case more often than not, Spring hasn't quite sprung and was welcomed with a shower... or two, three... Let's just say it's a bit wet out there. But rain means PE is getting a proper wash and is looking clean and green. Don't worry though, it's downhill towards proper Spring and then Summer from here. Happy Spring Day.
01/09/2015
The Untitled Piece on the Donkin Reserve
Anton Momberg's Untitled Route 67 art piece have become a landmark on the Donkin Reserve
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30/08/2015
Voting Line scenes
The Voting Line must surely be my favorite art piece along Route 67. I just can't get enough of looking at the figures and every time I'm there it feels like I'm noticing a different feature.
26/08/2015
Grey Institute at night
When was the last time you've passed by the Donkin Reserve after dark. Well I did last week and snapped this pic of the Grey Institute. For those who don't know the history of the building, here it is. In the mid 1800's there was a boom happening in Port Elizabeth. It was during this time that Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes throughout the colony. At the…
11/08/2015
A dark Edward Hotel
It was sad going past the Edward Hotel the other night and seeing that the whole place is dark except for the lights along the front. I wonder what's going to happen to the place or is it a case of nobody really caring at the moment?
06/08/2015
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