IParktown iyindawo ecebile yaseGoli, INingizimu Afrika, futhi iyindawo yokuqala esenyakatho yedolobha elingaphakathi (ngokulandelana kwezikhathi nangokwendawo). Yaziwa ngothando njengenye yamaPaki, amanye ahlanganisa iParkview, IParkwood, I-Westcliff, IParktown North, IParkhurst neForest Town. IParktown ingenye yamadolobhana amakhulu aseGoli, engumakhelwane we-Hillbrow, IBraamfontein I-Milpark eningizimu; IBerea ne-Houghton empumalanga; IKillarney neForest Town enyakatho, I-Westcliff, IMelville IRichmond entshonalanga. I-Parktown, eyasungulwa yi-Randlords ngawo-1890, manje isiyikhaya lamabhizinisi amaningi, izibhedlela, izikole, amasonto kanye nezindawo zokudlela, yize kunjalo isagcina izindawo zokuhlala ezinokuthula. Iphinde ibe yikhaya lamakhempasi amathathu kwayisihlanu e-University of the Witwatersrand kuhlanganise nekhempasi lemfundo, Isikole sezokwelapha kanye ne-Wits Business School. Itholakala eSifundeni F seDolobha laseGoli Metropolitan Municipality.

UNadine Gordimer (1923 - 2014), umzuzi wokuqala we-Nobel wezincwadi waseNingizimu Afrika (1991), wahlala emzini wase-Jan Smuts Avenue iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50, kwaze kwaba sekufeni kwakhe ngo-2014.

Ngo-1890 u-Edouard Lippert wathenga ipheshana elikhulu lePulazi laseBraamfontein. Wakha kabusha indlu yasemapulazini eyayisegqumeni futhi wayiqamba ngokuthi IMarienhof ngomkakhe, uMarie. Le-ridge yayibheke ethafeni elikhulu futhi kulokhu watshala iSachsenwald Forest ukuze anikeze izidingo zezimayini nedolobha elikhula ngokushesha. Wabona isithembiso sokuthuthukiswa kwe-ridge njengedolobha futhi wahlukanisa izwe laba izingxenye. Ngo-1892, uNkosazana Florence Phillips wagibela enyakatho esuka edolobheni lezimayini elinothuli laseGoli lasekuqaleni futhi wathola umqansa. Umbono wawusuka ehlathini laseSachsenwald eNtshonalanga uye ezintabeni zaseMagaliesberg nasePitoli eNyakatho. Wanxusa ukuba umyeni wakhe akhe indlu lapho futhi uFrank Emley wakhokhelwa ukuba akhe isithabathaba somuzi wabo, I-Hohenheim. I-Parktown yaba idolobha elisha elikhulu ngokushesha. Kungekudala, osomabhizinisi abacebile abaningi (bheka i-Randlord) babakha izindlu ezinkulu eceleni kwe-ridge, futhi bekhombisa ukuceba kwabo okusha ngemicimbi, i-croquet otshanini, kanye nangezidlo ezinhle.

ISITHENJWA[1]

  1. Parktown Map (sa-venues.com)