Long Street (Cape Town)
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Historic street in Cape Town
Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
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Coordinates | 33°55′18″S 18°25′12″E / 33.92167°S 18.42000°E / -33.92167; 18.42000 |
Long Street is a major
restaurants
or stores.
Architecturally it is noted for its Victorian buildings with wrought iron balconies. These were featured in an article in an edition of the annual publication The Saturday Book.[1]
Traffic on Long Street is one-way in the uphill (southwest) direction, while the parallel Loop Street carries downhill traffic. The number 101 MyCiTi bus runs the length of Long Street on its way from the Civic Centre to Gardens, with five stops along the street.
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Long Street
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Traditional Victorian and Cape Dutch architecture on Long Street.
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Clarke's Bookshop
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Palm Tree Mosque. The oldest substantially unaltered building in Long Street, built in 1788; 236 years ago (1788)
See also
References
- ^ Desirée Peyton-Seymour (1962) "South African Rococo", The Saturday Book, Vol. 22, Hutchinson
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