Comments on: Ice Cream and Art Deco in the African ‘Burbs https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/ An American in Quirky Johannesburg Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Steven https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-177107 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:56:16 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-177107 In reply to Kevin Taylor.

All three British royal visits to South Africa included a tour of Benoni.

]]> By: John https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-177102 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:53:44 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-177102 One correction, Benoni had 5 or 6 large cinemas downtown in the 1960s, not just one. Television closed them all.

]]> By: Kevin Taylor https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-98610 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:59:52 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-98610 Great Post- I’m an ex-Benonian living in the USA. The church was indeed a movie house- it was last known as ‘The Constantia’. I was in high school when it closed and everyone in our class got free tickets to see the last movie that would be shown there (which was the Kevin Bacon movie “The Air Up There’). There is a lot of interesting history in Benoni- Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron and Princess of Monaco Charlene both lived in Benoni.

]]> By: Art Deco Hunting on the Wild, Wacky East Rand – 2 Summers https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-82850 Sat, 19 Sep 2015 18:51:44 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-82850 […] In February 2012 I went on a tour of Art Deco architecture in the East Rand, organized by the Joburg Photowalkers. I have fond memories of that tour — I loved getting to know this far-flung part of Joburg that I had never visited before. The East Rand was quirky and weird and I liked it. (Read my post about the 2012 tour.) […]

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4191 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:46:22 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4191 In reply to Lu.

Yes. Same thing happened in my home town in Maryland. The old firehouse on main street became a restaurant, and now there is a new huge ugly one next to the highway.

]]> By: Lu https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4190 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:12:35 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4190 Looks like you had a great walkabout – and I also love that fire station! What is it about the old-school fire stations? They always had such character about them. It’s a shame that many end up being too small for their purpose in the 21st century and newer, replacement buildings are ugly concrete monstrosities. (I’m thinking specifically of Perth, Australia)…

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4189 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:33:11 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4189 In reply to Eugenia A Parrish.

Hi Eugenia, thanks, I’m so glad you like that photo. When I took it I was walking down the street with a gang of photowalkers, and I was just able to snap that frame before the guys turned around, saw all the people with cameras, and started hamming it up for everyone. Posed shots are fun but I was proud of myself for catching the ‘real’ moment before the silliness began.

I’d actually love to go to Canton someday and visit the Football Hall of Fame.

]]> By: Talitha https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4188 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:50:48 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4188 Reblogged this on My Favorite Spaces.

]]> By: Eugenia A Parrish https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4187 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:57:19 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4187 Yes, I grew up in “a town near Akron”. As a child, I would say that Canton is where President McKinley lived. Polite stares. In my teens I learned to first mention “the Football Hall of Fame”, and they would (at least the men would) light up and say “Ooh! Yeah! Gotcha!”

I too love art deco, would spend my life in it. But I’m mostly a people person, and I am totally charmed by the picture of the five young men so intent (together) on something in the window. That to me said “downtown”.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4186 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:27:37 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4186 In reply to Howlin’ Mad Heather.

Thanks so much! I love to hear things like that 🙂

]]> By: Howlin' Mad Heather https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4185 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:21 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4185 Your blog is the next best thing for me since I can’t afford a trip to South Africa. Lovely!

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2012/02/05/ice-cream-and-art-deco-in-the-african-burbs/#comment-4184 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:34:15 +0000 http://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=5210#comment-4184 In reply to Jaco.

I’d like to do more exploring of these East Rand towns. I find them very interesting.

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