Adderley Street is a street in Cape Town, South Africa. It is considered the main street of the central business district (downtown) of Cape Town. The Christmas lights, night markets, main train station and numerous shops and restaurants and office towers are on this thoroughfare.
Adderley Street
From the top, an aerial down Adderly Street with Table Mountain in the background. A view of Adderley Street from ground level.
The street was originally named Heerengracht, after the canal ("gracht") which ran down its centre, and which had its origins in the rivers from Table Mountain. At the time the street was more of a wide walkway beside the canal, which was crossed by various stone bridges.
The network of canals were covered over, throughout Cape Town, in the 1860s. The Heerengracht river and canal therefore became an underground pipe-line. For many years the street was residential, lined with large oak trees, but by 1850 it had become strongly commercial in character.
MayorHercules Jarvis named it Adderley Street in 1850, to honour British Parliamentarian Charles Bowyer Adderley (elevated to the peerage as Baron Norton in 1878) who fought successfully against the plan for the British government to make Cape Town into another penal colony.[1]
Adderley Street was the original main street of the city centre shopping district with large department stores such as Stuttafords (SW corner of Hout Street, going through to St Georges Mall, now Edgars et al.), Garlicks (at Exchange Place across from Cape Town railway station),[2] Fletcher & Cartwrights, and Thomas, Watson & Co. In the late 1800s the street was a "riot of ornament" along which around 150 retail shops plied their trade, many with wrought iron decorating the outsides of their buildings.[3] The street remains a retail centre today, with branches of Woolworths, Edgars, Truworths and shopping centres such as the Golden Acre with Ackermans, Shoprite and Mr Price.[4]
It also has long been a financial centre with the Colonial Bank located on the site of the Stuttafords Building until 1890, and the imposing Standard Bank Building on the east side at Hout Street. The upper end marked political and religious authority, the location of St. George's Cathedral and the Supreme Court of South Africa.[3]
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adderley, street, street, cape, town, south, africa, considered, main, street, central, business, district, downtown, cape, town, christmas, lights, night, markets, main, train, station, numerous, shops, restaurants, office, towers, this, thoroughfare, from, a. Adderley Street is a street in Cape Town South Africa It is considered the main street of the central business district downtown of Cape Town The Christmas lights night markets main train station and numerous shops and restaurants and office towers are on this thoroughfare Adderley StreetFrom the top an aerial down Adderly Street with Table Mountain in the background A view of Adderley Street from ground level Map of Adderley Street and surrounding streets LocationCape Town South AfricaCoordinates33 55 17 S 18 25 27 E 33 92139 S 18 42417 E 33 92139 18 42417 Coordinates 33 55 17 S 18 25 27 E 33 92139 S 18 42417 E 33 92139 18 42417 Contents 1 History 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe street was originally named Heerengracht after the canal gracht which ran down its centre and which had its origins in the rivers from Table Mountain At the time the street was more of a wide walkway beside the canal which was crossed by various stone bridges The network of canals were covered over throughout Cape Town in the 1860s The Heerengracht river and canal therefore became an underground pipe line For many years the street was residential lined with large oak trees but by 1850 it had become strongly commercial in character Mayor Hercules Jarvis named it Adderley Street in 1850 to honour British Parliamentarian Charles Bowyer Adderley elevated to the peerage as Baron Norton in 1878 who fought successfully against the plan for the British government to make Cape Town into another penal colony 1 Adderley Street was the original main street of the city centre shopping district with large department stores such as Stuttafords SW corner of Hout Street going through to St Georges Mall now Edgars et al Garlicks at Exchange Place across from Cape Town railway station 2 Fletcher amp Cartwrights and Thomas Watson amp Co In the late 1800s the street was a riot of ornament along which around 150 retail shops plied their trade many with wrought iron decorating the outsides of their buildings 3 The street remains a retail centre today with branches of Woolworths Edgars Truworths and shopping centres such as the Golden Acre with Ackermans Shoprite and Mr Price 4 It also has long been a financial centre with the Colonial Bank located on the site of the Stuttafords Building until 1890 and the imposing Standard Bank Building on the east side at Hout Street The upper end marked political and religious authority the location of St George s Cathedral and the Supreme Court of South Africa 3 Gallery Edit Adderley Street 1870s Adderley Street c 1900 Cape Town railway station on Adderley Street 1909 Adderley Street Cape Town in the 1950s looking south from Strand Street Stuttafords department store on Adderley Street 1957 Archie Mafeje right with Welsh Makanda in August 1961See also EditSlave Lodge Company s Garden Groote Kerk Cape Town railway stationReferences Edit RFM Immelman Men of Good Hope 1804 1954 CTCC Cape Town 1955 Chapter 6 The Anti convict Agitation p 154 From one Cape store to establishments in every major centre Cape Times 16 October 1981 Retrieved 5 July 2020 a b Worden Nigel 2004 Cape Town The Making of a City an Illustrated Social History pp 214 216 ISBN 9780864866561 Google Maps accessed July 5 2020External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adderley Street Cape Town South Africa online travel guide Adderley Street Turtle Essays Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adderley Street amp oldid 1135269843, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
