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YMCA and Tramway Co Building Cape Town, Western Cape Charles AS FREEMAN: Architect 1883 John PARKER: Architect 1900 alterations

Date: 1883 : 1900 Type: Mixed Commercial Status: Extant Street: 44-48 Long St / 60-64 Hout St   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'16.68" S 18°25'12.43" E Alt: 32m

(SALQB Dec 1967:57; PSB:83) Houses Roberto's Signature Restaurant and African Dance Theatre (2012) All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Books and articles that reference YMCA and Tramway Co Building Coates, Peter Ralph. 1976. Track and trackless : omnibuses and trams in the Western Cape. Cape Town: Struik. pg 60 ill Radford, D. 1979. The architecture of the Western Cape, 1838-1901. A study of the impact of Victorian aesthetics and technology on South African architecture. Johannesburg: Unpublished Ph.D thesis. Dept of Arch. University of the Witwatersrand. pg 115 Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 80-81 item 49.45 Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pg 21-22