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    BY GEORGE!

    Jun 03, 2019 2 minutes
    WORDS AMELIA BROWN
    PHOTOS
    MICKY HOYLE
    PRODUCTION
    ANNEMARIE MEINTJES

    The story of Gorgeous George is one of connection. There’s the literal connection of architecture and eras: two historical buildings, one Art Deco, the other New Edwardian, on one of Cape Town’s oldest streets, St George’s Mall, rather haphazardly connected to each other some time in the ’50s or ’60s. There is its recent renovation, which, while preserving

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