Faraday Taxi Rank

Faraday Taxi Rank is a taxicab stand in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Faraday Taxi Rank is situated nearby to the police station Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department, as well as near Central Fire Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carlton Centre and Johannesburg City Hall.

Carlton Centre

Shopping center

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The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. Carlton Centre is situated 770 metres north of Faraday Taxi Rank.

Johannesburg City Hall

Town hall

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Johannesburg City Hall is an Edwardian building constructed in 1914 by the Hawkey and McKinley construction company. The plan for the building was drawn in 1910 and construction was started in 1913 and finished in 1914. Johannesburg City Hall is situated 1 km northwest of Faraday Taxi Rank.

Beyers Naudé Square

Square

Photo: Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Beyers Naudé Square is a large city square in the center of Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Beyers Naudé, a former dominee in the Dutch Reformed Church, who was banned by the apartheid government for campaigning against apartheid. Beyers Naudé Square is situated 1 km northwest of Faraday Taxi Rank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marshalltown and Johannesburg.

Marshalltown

Suburb

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Marshalltown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The area, together with Ferreirasdorp was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.

Johannesburg

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Johannesburg is a large metropolis and South Africa's largest city. Once regarded as South Africa's crime capital in the turbulent nineties, the city has shaken off that reputation led by its youthful exuberant population and a growing black middle class, not to mention the omnipresent soundtrack of Amapiano and house music.