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Where is this building? by afromusing.

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ART NAHPRO  Pro User  says:

Do you think this is the same building?

Kelwyn House 1945 later Gill House Nairobi by ART NAHPRO

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afromusing  Pro User  says:

hmm, it might...will get someone in Nairobi to confirm/take a new pic from another angle. This is so much fun!
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kikuyumoja  Pro User  says:

Maybe you should also geotagg it.... and is this really Gill Hse?

Kwasababu: wikimapia.org/1767904/Gill-House

We should use this for another episode of the famous "wapi?" game!
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kikuyumoja  Pro User  says:

OK, according to Paul's other vintage photography (http://www.flickr.com/photos/92943860@N00/33 81984690/), this Gill Hse isnt on Moi Avenue but instead on Kimathi Street / Kigali Rd.

Just opposite Nation Building, next to the mosque. May have a pic of it somewhere. Ebu, lemme check...
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ART NAHPRO  Pro User  says:

Hi afromusing...kikuyumoja This definitely was called Gill house in the 1960s/1970s..I have seen a photo somewhere of a modern Gill house in Nairobi which is not this one which probably means it changed hands at some point...or even worse, was demolished. It used to be cream coloured in those days

Oddly enough my dad knew the original Mr Gill who was I think a wealthy Sikh businessman...
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afromusing  Pro User  says:

From my blog...

KenTunes March 25th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

The picture in question is Kassanga’s music shop at Gill House on the Tom Mboya street side.
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afromusing  Pro User  says:

gentlemen, we have a current picture of Gill House. Looks like it was repainted, but it retains the original structure with the curvy lines on the sides.
Thanks to Bankelele :-)

Gill House 2
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ART NAHPRO  Pro User  says:

Brilliant..thanks so much ..I love flickr when it is like this..
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