Making Spaces, Changing places Flashcards
When was District 6 built
1838
Why was District 6 built?
To provide homes for black ex-slaves
1930’s redevelopment plan for District 6 details
W.S Lunn proposed a dramatic reconstruction, by the beginning of WW2 1127 homes were built
Problems with Lunn’s redevelopment of District 6
Most black freedmen could not afford the rent for one of the new homes
The start if the eviction
11th February 1966, District 6 declared a white only area under the Group Areas act.
Number of removals
60,000 removals to the Cape Flats 25 km away`
Re population of District 6
3,500 white south Africans moved into the district by 1985
Returning District 6 to its origins
2003 24 homes built for people aged over 80 who were evicted
Cultural characteristics of District 6
Freed slaves, mix of ethnicities including Malay’s, blacks and muslims
Why did the government remove people
Official line: racial integration breeds conflict and crime ridden
Realistically: Table mountain, valuable real estate
Living conditions District 6
16 people in a one room hous
Brick lane changing ethnicities and religons
17th Century Hugenots La Neuve Eglise 1742
19th Century Jews 1898, chapel becomes Great Spitalfields synagog
20th Century, Bangladeshi families migrated in 1976 Great London Mosque
Mean height of buildings Brick Lane
4 floors
Use of ground floor BL
95% commercial or entertainment
New developments on BL
Holiday Inn costing 21 million
Cereal Killer Cafe 4 pounds per bowl
Demography of BL
Very ethnic, high numbers of Sylhet Bangladeshi’s, 60 percent aged 20-34, over 8 times the national average of muslims
Disney Land visitor numbers
275 million visits per year
Disney Land number of kids lost per day
11