Cyrildene
Cyrildene | ||
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Postal code (street)2198 | ||
Cyrildene (
Observatory and Bruma. It is noted for a new Chinatown that exists on Derrick Avenue. This new Chinatown is now considered as the main Chinatown in Johannesburg, replacing the declining Chinatown on Commissioner Street in the inner-city of Johannesburg. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
.
History
The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Doornfontein.[2] It would be proclaimed as suburb on 18 May 1938 and was named after the land developer's son, Cyril Cooper.[2]
Up until approximately 2000 Cyrildene was a predominantly
South African Chinese, the new inhabitants of the Chinatown in Cyrildene are overwhelmingly first generation Chinese immigrants from mainland China.[3] The Chinatown has a paifang
(arch).
Notable residents
- L Ron Hubbard, lived in Cyrildene in the 1960s for a few months. The house is now used as a museum honoring L Ron Hubbard's contributions to South African peace.[4] It is also used as a recruitment centre of the Church of Scientology. The house, at 40 Hannaben Street, was built in 1951 for the a Greek timber merchant called Manos Broulidakis and was designed by Frank Ludwig Jarrett.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Cyrildene". Census 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9781868425501.
- ^ John Matshikiza (22 January 2007). "Hoe's my China nou?". Mail and Guardian Online. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ^ "L Ron Hubbard Heritage Site". Facebook. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "Plaques: Joburg Heritage Plaques". Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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