STUNNING LITTLE CRACKHOUSE IN WOODSTOCK
Nailed!
19.08.2009Got this little pearler last week. I want you to see it. It’s really special.
Stunning!
Hi Seth,
I hope your Hollywood adventures are going swimmingly! The cold, wet weather has returned to Cape Town this week – but I’m counteracting the appalling weather by contributing to the South African red wine sales, so it’s not all bad.
Some time back I sent you a pearler of an image which I found in Woodstock – the Obama “Yes We Can” Haircut. Ring a bell? I was on my travels again with a colleague around the city last week and after leaving Wembley Square we made our way towards Buitenkant Street. The car was brought to an abrupt halt when I noticed a message that had been spray painted onto a wall pointing towards a window. It was too beautiful not to be photographed.
And Seth – notice how the crack dealers are now aiding the SAPS in “cracking” down on crime. Its so beautiful how, only in Cape Town, one can sell crack to those who truly need it but then always voluntarily make yourself available to the Po-Po. No hidden agendas.
I love this city.
Come home soon Seth!
Best wishes,
Kate R
God, I love that kind of stuff. Reminds me of that one on Ocean View Drive. Have you seen it. Someone sprayed something like “crackhouse” on the side of the house. It’s still there I think, on Ocean View Drive, near Glen Garriff (send pic on your way to work tomorrow if you know it).
So ja, crack houses aren’t just for Woodstock – the Atlantic Seaboard digs them as well.
Charming.
UPDATE:
It seems this little crackhouse is actually next to Wembley Square in Town/Gardens and it really is a crackhouse.
I love that kind of shit!
[thanks kate, thanks margs]
August 19th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Hey Seth,
This is classic! I live just up the road, its actually right by Wembley Square in Gardens area, not in Woodstock…my sister in law used to live next door! Needless to say she has since vacated. Apparently its no spice, truelly is a crack house.
August 19th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Haha, this is right around the corner from Cornerhouse – remember that sketchy “night club”? It’s been there for years!
August 19th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Hi Seth
I actually used to be the lucky neighbour of the crack house. When I first moved in, my housemates and I were trying to figure out what was going on in there. First we thought it was a shebeen….bottles all over the front porch, then we thought it may be a whore house…random people coming in and out at all hours of the night and then lastly… an illegal immigrant settlement….no furniture in the house but hearing voices through the walls. After much research we actually found out that it is a digs for Cape Tech students, but I still have my doubts.
Regards
Lauren
August 19th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Although I must say it does all add up in the end…..
August 20th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Its right below Wembley Square, a friend of mine also stayed a few houses away and puzzled for months on end at what happened there… The sign we thought was just some vandals havin a lag, but the more we thought about it the more we realised it could def be a crack house!
Respect for being so up front about it… Pigs use the front door!