Andrew Boraine » District Six http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Look east for innovation (that’s Cape Town’s East City!) http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/look-east-for-innovation-thats-cape-towns-east-city/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/look-east-for-innovation-thats-cape-towns-east-city/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:16:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3968

Here is a great article on The Fringe – Cape Town’s Innovation District in Cape Town’s East City by Richard Holmes in the latest edition of Indwe Magazine, just in time for the announcement on Tuesday about the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist:

Mother City looks East

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]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/look-east-for-innovation-thats-cape-towns-east-city/feed/ 2 What’s in a name? Have your say on what Cape Town’s East City Design Initiative should be called http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/11/whats-in-a-name-have-your-say-on-what-cape-towns-east-city-design-initiative-should-be-called/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/11/whats-in-a-name-have-your-say-on-what-cape-towns-east-city-design-initiative-should-be-called/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:36:46 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3197 The East City Design Initiative (ECDI) in Cape Town is looking for a name.  The ECDI is a proposed ‘premier African environment for design innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship’ being developed in the Cape Town Central City.  It explores issues and ideas related to the creation of an innovation hub/science park…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/11/whats-in-a-name-have-your-say-on-what-cape-towns-east-city-design-initiative-should-be-called/feed/ 7 Why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014 http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/why-cape-town-is-bidding-for-world-design-capital-2014/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/why-cape-town-is-bidding-for-world-design-capital-2014/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:53:14 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=2528 For an overview as to why Cape Town is currently bidding for the title of World Design Capital 2014, and changing the name of the design game in the process, read the excellent article by my colleague, Lorelle Bell, followed by the editorial by the Cape Argus, which gets it spot on. Then…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/why-cape-town-is-bidding-for-world-design-capital-2014/feed/ 4 Cape Town Squared (or how some of our most valuable public assets are not being properly used) http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/07/cape-town-squared-or-how-some-of-our-most-valuable-public-assets-are-not-being-properly-used/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/07/cape-town-squared-or-how-some-of-our-most-valuable-public-assets-are-not-being-properly-used/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:17:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=2023

Do you remember the popular zebra artworks dotted around public spaces in Cape Town during the World Cup? Well, they’ve now migrated to the Artscape Piazza on the Foreshore.

The 33 zebras form an exhibition entitled ‘Not all is Black and White’, by the World for All…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/07/cape-town-squared-or-how-some-of-our-most-valuable-public-assets-are-not-being-properly-used/feed/ 5 Bloody brilliant! http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/02/bloody-brilliant/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/02/bloody-brilliant/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:15:32 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=908 I normally eschew using the description ‘world class’ – it often means trying to measure up to someone else’s standards rather than setting our own. But in the case of the opening of The Fugard Theatre in the Cape Town Central City last night, I’m prepared to make an exception.…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/02/bloody-brilliant/feed/ 0 District Six – what is to be done? http://www.andrewboraine.com/2009/12/district-six-what-is-to-be-done/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2009/12/district-six-what-is-to-be-done/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:24:07 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=619
About two weeks ago, Murray Williams of the Cape Argus asked Mayor Dan Plato, Premier Helen Zille, Anwar Nagia of the District Six Development Trust, Western Cape Land Claims Commissioner Beverly Jansen and myself to give our perspectives on the causes of the delay in the restitution

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