5th Precinct: DE WAAL PARK - Reclaim Camissa - Citizen Project (sitios de interés)
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DE WAAL PARK
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Land acquired in 1877, as part of that required for the Molteno Reservoir was designated for Jubilee Park, which had originally been the burial grounds of the Hofmeyr and Smuts families. The original vault stood in the south western corner of the park, but it has been replaced by a granite monument which now stands in the grounds of the Cape Town Medi-Clinic, on the opposite side of Molteno Road.
David Christiaan de Waal (Mayor of Cape Town in the 1880s), planted thousands of trees in Cape Town, commenced with those he planted in the park. He supported further development of the park, which by 1897 was a popular camping resort (hence the name, Camp Street) and later named after him. It was declared a National Monument in 1968.
Today the park serves as a neighbourhood park, primarily as a socialisation ground for dogs. Children use the park despite the derelict playground equipment, leaking fountain, inundation of ‘bergies’ and that the public toilets are no longer operational.
More recently, it has become a community Park, and an improvement is already visible there. It has fallen under the care of a civil society group - "Friends of De Waal Park".
(c) RECLAIM CAMISSA
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Land acquired in 1877, as part of that required for the Molteno Reservoir was designated for Jubilee Park, which had originally been the burial grounds of the Hofmeyr and Smuts families. The original vault stood in the south western corner of the park, but it has been replaced by a granite monument which now stands in the grounds of the Cape Town Medi-Clinic, on the opposite side of Molteno Road.
David Christiaan de Waal (Mayor of Cape Town in the 1880s), planted thousands of trees in Cape Town, commenced with those he planted in the park. He supported further development of the park, which by 1897 was a popular camping resort (hence the name, Camp Street) and later named after him. It was declared a National Monument in 1968.
Today the park serves as a neighbourhood park, primarily as a socialisation ground for dogs. Children use the park despite the derelict playground equipment, leaking fountain, inundation of ‘bergies’ and that the public toilets are no longer operational.
More recently, it has become a community Park, and an improvement is already visible there. It has fallen under the care of a civil society group - "Friends of De Waal Park".
(c) RECLAIM CAMISSA