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Observatory, Cape Town, down memory lane
I found myself going down memory lane last week when I was interviewed for a film about the life and times of the suburb of Observatory, Cape Town. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I lived in three different student houses in Observatory (1 Trill Road, 12/12a Alfred Street and 14…
At street level, where public and private spaces intersect, things get really interesting…
This is a copy of my talk at the opening of Along these City Streets, an exhibition by Mary Visser currently on at the AVA Gallery at 35 Church Street, Cape Town.
Mary Visser has produced a most beautiful set of paintings for her new exhibition – Along these City…
Along these city streets
I’m looking forward to opening a new solo exhibition of Mary Visser’s paintings entitled Along these City Streets, which features, amongst other things, the people, places and buildings of Upper Long Street, Cape Town.
6pm, Monday 16 May, AVA Gallery, 35 Church Street – all welcome
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The Fringe is a space to watch
Read an update of Cape Town’s The Fringe Innovation District by project coordinator Yehuda Raff (Cape Argus, 09 May 2011)
In 2007, a group of forward-thinking people got together and talked about the need to establish an environment that would support innovation and development in the design, media…
Capturing the soul of a city – it has to be on foot
The only way to capture the soul of a city is on foot. Joburg Photowalkers is a great project that attempts to do just this - check it out.
(All pictures from Joburg Photowalkers Facebook page)
“Pedestrians in Cape Town are a hunted race”… We’ve made some progress
In 2005, Gehl Architects from Copenhagen did an analysis of public space and public life in the Cape Town Central City. Jan Gehl, world-renowned architect and pioneer of the city-building philosophy of “first people, then space, and then buildings”, commented at the time, when he saw the extent of car-dominance…
Ernest Cole photographic exhibition opening at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town on 25 February – not to be missed
One of the consequences of growing up as a young white South African in the land of apartheid in the 1960s was ignorance of the full horrors of the system. One book in particular helped to make me aware of what was going on at the time - House of Bondage by Ernest…
Voices from Cairo through Social Media
Have a look at this interesting project from UCLA’s HyperCities Egypt project, which has been tracking, streaming and then archiving tweets from protesters in Cairo over the past two weeks.
People’s Power in an Ancient City
Who hasn’t been transfixed and moved by the scenes over the past 18 days on Cairo’s Tahrir (Liberation) Square – the brave resistance to a tyrannical regime, hopes dashed when the dictator refused to go, the celebrations and joy when he finally left?
How appropriate for us in South Africa that Mubarak’s resignation…
Welcome to Cape Town – 22 000 km on a bicycle through Africa
On Friday, I conducted a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City with Craig Matthew, an old friend and cameraman extraordinaire, and some of his colleagues. Craig is director of a film archive project called Doxa Productions, an independent documentary film and interactive design company in Cape Town.…
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Why the Cape Town airport shuttle isn’t working
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Cape Town’s Bid to host 2011 UN Climate Change Conference
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For sure, freeways?
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Wooden cobbles recently discovered in Adderley Street
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Integrated Rapid Transport in Cape Town – no other alternative
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Cape Town Station Square – unburied treasure
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Cape Town shows the world how to street party
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Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September
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Looking for Africa
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The ABC of the EDA in Cape Town and the Western Cape
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Who will lead the economic inclusion agenda when working class leaders abandon that role through ill-disciplined actions?
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Going up: Cape Town’s tallest building since 1993 represents more than a property development
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Paradise Road: An inspiring story about Zimbabweans in Cape Town
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