Peter Rogers wrote:Two comparative shots; the B&W taken around beginning September 1989, the colour taken yesterday.
In 1989, work was just beginning on developing the V&A Waterfront and the railway tracks still ran to there (around the sunken tank farm area, now flooded and now a marina). All has been uplifted and only one section of the original track remains near Portiswood Road, where Rovos had his sales coach.The Western Cape Preservation Trust were running up-and-down shuttles between the V&A and the sidings opposite the customs house.
Today there is absolutely no sign of the tracks. Also interesting to see how the Cape Town skyline has changed - the most obvious addition being Safmarine House.
V&A Waterfront Then and Now
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I always love these then and now pictures.
It is a pity that there is no railway line anymore to the Waterfront.
It is a pity that there is no railway line anymore to the Waterfront.
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I'm impressed at how accurately the photographer has found the right position, judged by the mountain and the tall buildings in both photos.