A large part of our time at the Cape Town Partnership and CCID is spent on finding ways in which our public spaces can be used by and for citizens of this city. The multiple events taking place this coming Human Rights Day weekend point to a coming of age in …
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Non-motorised transport projects make progress
The shift from car-dominated to a people-oriented Central City took another step forward this week with the announcement by the City of Cape Town of new non-motorised transport projects in Adderley, Shortmarket and Bree Steets. These will complement the work already being done in Waterkant Street and Somerset Road to …
Infrastructure for 2010 and beyond: Hospital Bend upgrade
One of the legacies of the 2010 Football World Cup is the upgrade of two of Cape Town’s most congested motorway intersections: Hospital Bend and Koeberg Interchange. For those of you who are wondering just how the new Hospital Bend pre-selection scheme is going to work, here it is (inbound example):…
2010 Fan Walk takes shape
The 2010 FIFA Football World Cup Fan Walk in Cape Town is taking shape. This is the route that creates a pedestrian-priority route from the CT Station in the CBD to the CT Stadium to be used by an estimated 18 000 fans on match days.
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Cape Town World Design Capital 2014?
As we head into the last 100 days to the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, a bunch of creative Capetonians have been looking at ways to sustain the momentum beyond 2010. One idea is a campaign to bid for Cape Town as World Design Capital in 2014 to be launched …
‘Life after 2010′ – Talk to the Cape Town Press Club, 08 February
There are five key elements of the 2010 World Cup legacy for Cape Town:
- R14bn of infrastructure, much of it funded by National Treasury (e.g. CT Stadium, Green Point Urban Park, CT Airport, rail station upgrades, first phase IRT, highway intersections, pedestrian routes, cycle routes, public squares) – There has
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East City – two good, one bad
I toured the East City precinct in the Cape Town Central City yesterday – and saw two amazing projects, and one disaster.
I first went to the City Hall to see the installation of the Spier Contemporary biennial Arts Competition and Exhibition, set to open on 14 March. In my …
Things to see in Green Point on an early morning bike ride
On Saturday morning, I cycled around the Green Point Common area (Fan Walk, IRT Station, pedestrian underpass, CT Stadium, Granger Bay Boulevard, Urban Park) to investigate the car-free recreational cycling opportunities and to check the progress of all the 2010 developments in the area. The date (23 January) was particularly significant because the first football
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Images and meaning – the build up to the Final Draw in Cape Town
I’m interested in how a big event, in this case, the FIFA World Cup Final Draw, impacts on the visual imagery of a city. I took these photos just before the Final Draw held in Cape Town on 04 December…
We can do better than this!
One of the less succesful aspects of the 2010 Final Draw experience was the stereotypical way in which we persist in portraying South Africa to the rest of the world. I visited the South African Host Cities exhibition space at the CTICC and was shocked to see how we continue to reinforce colonial …
Long Street in Cape Town – what an experience!
Bafana Bafana may be in the ‘group of death’ but if the World Cup leads to more parties like Long Street last night, who cares? We have proven that Cape Town really knows how to put on a good show, both at the CTICC and in the streets. Long Street (and …
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Find out more about Cape Town's bid to win the title of World Design Capital in 2014
