Cyrildene

A street scene of the Chinatown on Derrick Avenue in Cyrildene, Johannesburg. (May 2011)

Cyrildene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is noted for a new Chinatown that exists on Derrick Avenue. This new Chinatown is now considered as the main Chinatown in Johannesburg, replacing the declining Chinatown on Commissioner Street in the inner-city of Johannesburg.

History

Up until the early to mid 2000s Cyrildene was a predominantrly Jewish neighbourhood. Unlike the old and now largely abandoned Chinatown in Newtown which was largely made up of second or third generation South African Chinese, the inhabitants of the Chinatown in Cyrildene are overwhelmingly first generation Chinese immagrints from mainland China.^[1]

Notebale Residents

• L Ron Hubbard, lived in Cyrildene in the 1960s.^[2]

References

1. ^ John Matshikiza (Jan 22 2007). "Hoe's my China nou?". Mail and Guardian Online. http://mg.co.za/article/2007-01-22-hoes-my-china-nou. Retrieved June 01, 2011. 
2. ^ "L Ron Hubbard House". New Civilization Initiative. http://www.nci.org.za/l_ron_hubbard_south_africa_house.htm. Retrieved June 01, 2011. 

Coordinates: 28°45′S 31°54′E / 28.75°S 31.9°E / -28.75; 31.9