Park Central, Gauteng

Park Central is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. 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 Turffontein.^[2] Established on the old slime dumps of the Ferreira Gold Mine, it became a suburb in May 1955.^[2] It was named after Central Park, New York, at one time was also waste ground.^[2] Prior to its reclamation in 2009, the main mine dump was the location of the old Top Star Drive-In.^[3]

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