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Belgravia, Harare

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219:. The far south of neighbourhood, below Cork Road is heavily influenced by Parirenyatwa Hospital and UZ, College of Health Sciences. This area is much smaller geographically than the other two but much more densely populated. It consists almost entirely of low-rise apartment buildings and residential buildings converted to commercial use, interspersed by medical and healthcare institutions. This area was completely redeveloped in the early 1990s. The area to the west is a mostly commercial area that overlaps with Kensington and Avondale, along Connaught Road. It contains low-rise houses and a number of small businesses. 177:. For example, Cork Road and King George Road, are the commercial hearts of the suburb, home to numerous businesses and medical facilities and well as many flats and apartments. These residences not only provided attractive low-rise multi-housing mixed income communities but also contribute much to the vibrancy of the area. 79:
When Harare was founded in the early 1890s, the Belgravia area, was largely undeveloped because it lay beyond what is now the A1 highway and thus outside the city limits, which began to be subdivided for urban development. It was only in 1902, that the original tract of land- Avondale farm- was
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Belgravia should not be confused with the neighbouring Kensington and the larger Avondale to its west, which it shares numerous commercial areas with: although both are part of the original tract of land on which Avondale
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of the area accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s, driven by businesses moving out from the congested city centre and today the area is now a more mainstream and trendy location with offices,
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and a few embassies. The area is also subject to the influences of more recent developments on the thoroughfare of King George Road. East of King George is an area largely built after the
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In addition a number of medical institutions are present in the neighbourhood due to the presence of Parirenyatwa Hospital in nearby Milton Park and the College of Health Sciences.
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subdivided for residential settlement thus becoming the city's first residential suburb. The area of Avondale farm now comprises Avondale, Belgravia and Kensington.
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As one of the city's main embassy rows, Belgravia hosts several embassies and high commissions, including those of
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district, albeit with a majority of black Zimbabweans. Despite the country's economic crisis, the area remains an
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Additionally, the prominence of international organizations and embassies has made the area well sought after by
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Matamanda, Abraham R.; Chirisa, Innocent; Mangara, Fortune; Dzvimbo, Munyaradzi A. (December 31, 2019).
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Belgravia is often divided into four areas. Northern Belgravia is a quieter, leafier, and predominately
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It is home to a number of commercial businesses and governmental organizations along with the nearby
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area that consists of the area north of Lanark Road. This part of the neighbourhood is much mostly
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with more diversified income levels. Housing in the southern and western end of Belgravia includes
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Belgravia is a traditionally an affluent, commercial district. Though historically white and
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Belgravia area is historically an anglophone area, but today is home to a black, middle to
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Hunter, Janine; Chitsiku, Shaibu; Shand, Wayne; Van Blerk, Lorraine (April 20, 2021).
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to the east. The suburb is can be considered a transitionary area between
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Geographies of urban dominance : The politics of Harare's periphery
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district in the CBD. It is frequently referred to as part of the city's
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and Kensington, to the south and northwest respectively, as well as
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districts like Milton Park and the leafier suburbs to the north.
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and towards the north and east of the suburb, but closer to the
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was developed in 1911, they are in fact separate neighborhoods.
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as a more upscale respite from the workaday city centre.
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bastion along with its neighbours to the northeast.
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Index

mixed use
residential
suburb
Harare
Belgravia
London
Milton Park
Avondale
Alexandra Park
inner city
embassy row
Gentrification
commercialisation
cafes
restaurants
University of Zimbabwe
British Council
World Food Programme
Lions Clubs International
farm
urban
neighbourhoods
embassies
university
students
immigrants
street vendors
townhouses
flats
apartments

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