The Avenues, Harare | |
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Neighborhood | |
 The Avenues, Harare | |
  The Avenues, Harare | |
| Coordinates: 17°49′15″S 31°02′57″E / 17.82083°S 31.04917°E | |
| Country | Zimbabwe |
| Province | Harare |
| District | Harare |
| Elevation | 1,490 m (4,890 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 15,890 |
| estimated | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (not observed) |
The Avenues is an inner city suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe. Known for its diversity and mixed use activities, the Avenues contains together residential, commercial and entertainment areas, and has a vibrant nightlife with numerous cafes, bars and restaurants. It also holds a busy stretch of shops, retail businesses and office space. As a distinct, named area, the Avenues came into being in the late 1950s, during the Federation, when it drew together several smaller neighbourhoods that were first developed in the early 20th century.
Since the 1950s the Avenues has been characterized by its diversity, with including immigrants, young families, and students, and it is also very popular with young professionals. Today the area is largely composed primarily of a mix of townhouses and midcentury mid-rise apartment buildings, many of which are now flats and condominiums; along with various commercial structures.[1]
The suburb is laid out in the form of a rectangular grid, about 1 km to the north of the central business district.[2] on the other side of the Harare Gardens.The area is traversed by all the major thoroughfares to the northern suburbs. These include Prince Edward Street (western boundary), Leopald Takawira Avenue, Sam Nujoma St (2nd Street), 4th Street, 7th Street (Borrowdale Rd). The streets run north to south and the mostly beautiful tree lined avenues run east to west. These divide the suburb into rectangular grids. Main avenues include J. Tongogara Avenue (Northern boundary), J. Chinamano Avenue, Chitepo Avenue, Central Avenue and the busy Samora Machel Avenue. Neighboring suburbs include Milton Park, Belgravia and Alexandra Park to the north, Belvedere to the west, Eastlea and Newlands to the east and the CBD to the south.