Tag Archives: Cape Town Central City

‘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 …

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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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Ports d’Attache

Ports d’Attache, or Home Ports, is a Canadian documentary series on 13 major port cities*, currently in the process of production. One of the cities is Cape Town, and I had the opportunity earlier this week to show reknowned Canadian photographer Heidi Hollinger, the host of the show, …

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Keep off the grass

About a year ago, I was privileged to have the opportunity to take Enrique Penalosa, former Mayor of Bogata, Colombia, on a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City. Penalosa is well known because of his pioneering efforts as Mayor between 1998 and 2001 in transforming his city from a car-dominated to a …

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Were you there? Mandela 46664 Concert, old Green Point Stadium, November 2003

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Celebrating 10 years of public-private partnerships in the Cape Town Central City

We had a great turnout at the Cape Town Partnership AGM this week. Our theme was ‘Life after 2010′ and we showcased over 40 public and private projects and developments that demonstrate that Cape Town is ‘open for business’ after the World Cup has come and gone.

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A new Cape Town icon, a new way of thinking about ourselves?

Bruce Sutherland of the City of Cape Town captured the iconic grandeur of the new stadium in Green Point last week with these night-time shots. Interestingly, the photographs do not include Table Mountain, Cape Town’s most well-known and best-loved icon. Perhaps this is symbolic of the new era we are …

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