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Grandstand, Turf Club Green Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Gilbert McDOUGALL: Architect

Date: 1851 Type: Pavilion Status: Adaptive re-use Street: 2 Granger Bay Boulevard

(Afr N & N xx11:253) In the 1850s, Green Point Common was a wide open space which was used for horse-racing. In 1906, after racing had ceased, the Metropolitan Golf Club leased the old race stand and converted it into a clubhouse. It was used as such until a new clubhouse was built in 1959. Since then the old building, much altered and extended, has housed an art school and a restaurant, and is currently occupied by a fast-food chain [MacDonalds]. (Metropolitan Golf Club website, accessed 2023 06 01) (Submitted by Arthur Radburn, June 2023) 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.