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Sunnyside, Pretoria

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and hawkers peddling food or wares on street corners. Student residences or communes and residential houses are situated in the quieter eastern part. Like much of the inner city, this suburb's retail, entertainment and nightlife area has become less upmarket since the 1980s, and rundown and dirty in places.
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The post-Apartheid era saw an influx of local and foreign people of different races to the high density residential areas, which they found affordable. Consequently, a number of languages are now spoken here. The social evils of crime and substance abuse have necessitated beefed up security at all
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The suburb now consists mostly of high density residential developments, which in the 21st century ranges from reasonably upmarket to dilapidated. Esselen street is flanked by a strip of retail businesses, restaurants and clubs. The day time street scene is very busy, with heavy pedestrian traffic
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to Pretoria during the middle to late 20th century, when blocks of high-rise flats transformed the western section. The one time house of the writer and poet
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Sunnyside of the late 19th and early 20th century was a suburb of houses and mansions. Esselen street was named after
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residences, the inhabitants of which are often living in impoverished conditions.
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street. The character of the suburb changed with the influx of mainly
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from 1894 to 1895. Since 2012 the street has been renamed to
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An early photo of Esselen Street (now Robert Sobukwe Street)
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Robert Sobukwe street in Sunnyside, 2013, was renamed from Esselen street in 2012.
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Sunnyside is located in Gauteng
Sunnyside is located in South Africa
25°45′15″S 28°12′34″E / 25.75417°S 28.20944°E / -25.75417; 28.20944
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City of Tshwane
Pretoria
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