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| Uncontainable: Good way to describe the Maboneng. |
We tried galleries yesterday, Spaza Art in Troyeville which looked neglected, rundown and definitely closed and MOAD, a cavernous empty space...
But, as things happened we had a surprise, unplanned outing to Maboneng instead, a space of urban renewal to the east of the Johannesburg CBD.
Number 6:
Seeing my city through its Art Galleries.
Trendy, artistic, urban chic, cosmopolitan, collaborative, entrpreneurial, creative; a fine example of mixed land-use inner city renaissance, which buzzes on a weekend but is laidback and interesting to explore during the week.
The dilapidated 19th century buildings sit comfortably alongside container apartments and coffee shops. Martie and I ambled around the city blocks; stopping for coffee; nosing into buildings and hidden gardens; noticing old shoes decorating an inner courtyard; admiring a little bit of heritage on display Sir Herbert Baker's dining room suite; buying bread that Washington had just baked; seeing the street installation art by Kim Lieberman called 'Human Interaction'; buying some shweshwe slippers for little man; eating an Ethiopian vegetarian sharing platter served on injera, the slightly sour rice flatbread; doing a walkabout of the container apartments with a very enthusiastic building manager called Kelvin; enjoying lofty views from The Living Room; chatting to a young Maltese woman taking in precinct; appreciating the social work being done by #iwasshotinjoburg...
Another intriguing peep into my city.
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| Glimpses of Maboneng on a clear winter morning in Johannesburg. |
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