Formed in the late nineteenth century as an exclusive European residential neighborhood, the historic district of Victoriaborg was located to the east of Accra's city limits of the time, behind cliffs where there was reported to ‘always be a breeze.’.
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The area was nationalized in a symbolic sense with the siting of the Bank of Ghana, Ministries, Independence Square, and the headquarters of newly established national companies in the district.
Originally planned as an extension to the historic Victoriaborg district, East Ridge is being transformed into a commercial and leisure district of Accra with the siting of the National Theatre and Efua Sutherland Children's park in the district.