“Time is the longest distance between two places.” ― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie
Harare, once dubbed the Sunshine city, has gone through changes over the years. From the picturesque early 1900s when the city was established as Salisbury to the buzz of the 1980s when it changed to Harare after independence.
NewsDay’s Tapiwa Zivira collected pictures of Harare from the 1900s to the 1970s and ventured into the city centre to recapture new photos from the exact positions the old pictures were taken.
The result is below. Enjoy the collages!
Filling station at Machipisa Shopping Centre. Interestingly, the station still exists under the same owner.
Samora Machel Avenue captured from the corner of Julius Nyerere way westwards.A view of Second Street with the Africa Unity Square, then known as Cecil Square on the left, and Herald House on the rightWell, no words. Market Square yesterday and today
A view of Robert Mugabe Avenue showing Meikles Stores and Standard Chartered Bank on the left.
Samora Machel Avenue captured from eastwards, showing the new buildings that did not exist when the old photo was taken
A view from Julius Nyerere Way, then Kingsway Avenue
Meikles Hotel, then and nowA part of First Street in Harare, showing Barclays Bank building before and after the street was changed.First Street in 1905 and 2016First Street, then and nowA section of First Street at the intersection with Speke Avenue. Note the many changes.
