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Friday, April 15, 2011

Main Street

Vintage court shoes

some of the goodies at Market on Main


This past Sunday I visited Market on Main a market hosted at Arts on Main gallery in CBD Johannesburg. I finally had a chance to experience this much talked about market. The weather was perfect with upbeat music playing in the background. If you love food this is the perfect place to come and fill your tummy with all these yummy foods.

Clothes? Yes there are lovely options from top South African designers (Black Coffee, Loin Cloth & Ashes, etc) to lovely vintage finds that are offered to you at a reasonable price.

Up the road from Arts on Main is a community (well a building) full of creative people. Main Street Life is a renovated building that offers contemporary studios to rent/buy. There are also two restaurants and a Bioscope.(soon to be hosting a film festival)

The different floors in the building go according to the different creative disciplines (E.g. Fashion, Design). This Sunday happened to be Main Street Life’s open day, which I was unaware of (I happened to be there by chance). Each floor had an exhibition displaying the tenants’ artworks.

Anisa Mpungwe & Robyn De Klerk Look
Main Street Life

Ethno Furniture
Main Street Life


I advice you make a trip to this lovely neighborhood.

I hope you saw my pictures (just giving you a little taste)…

Enjoy

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