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Why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014

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…

Come rain or come shine… we walk the city to discover our history

28 August 10 2 Comments

I took a group of 25 international journalists on a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City this morning. The weather was awful, a typical wet Cape winter’s day, but true to our motto – we walk, come rain or shine – we set off in good spirits. The group is…

Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit System takes shape

26 August 10 1 Comment

The City of Cape Town announced deadlines for the implementation of phase one of the Integrated Rapid Transit System (IRTS) at a meeting of the Cape Town Partnership’s Central City Partners Forum this week.

The West Coast trunk route between Bayside Shopping Centre and the CBD/ Waterfront will be up…

The ‘unhappy compromise’ shows signs of coming of age

07 August 10 5 Comments

The Cape Town Foreshore has been described as an ‘unhappy compromise’ resulting in series of ‘wind-blown stretches of asphalt and concrete, filled with car parks and roaring traffic, inaccessible to pedestrians.’* Yet on a still winter’s morning, in the early dawn light, on foot, the Foreshore can almost be beautiful.…

Post 2010 paradigm shifts create opportunities for new city development

30 July 10 8 Comments

In 2008, the City of Cape Town and the Cape Town Partnership published the Central City Development Strategy – a framework to guide change and manage growth over the next ten years. We are currently reviewing and updating the strategy in light of the 2010 World Cup experience.…

Heaven forbid we return to business as usual in the city

18 June 10 1 Comment

Cape Town will never be the same again. Not after the experience of the World Cup. I’m not talking about the infrastructure legacy, or the new facilities created, or the worldwide exposure for Cape Town as a destination. I’m talking about the way in which our attitudes to using the city…

350 000 people in Cape Town Central City for start of Football World Cup

13 June 10 0 Comments

The City of Cape Town estimates that an astounding 350 000 people visited the Cape Town Central City area on Friday 11 June to watch the World Cup Opening Ceremony and Bafana Bafana-Mexico game on TV and to attend the opening match at the CT Stadium, with 250 000 in…

Siyajikeleza, Laat Wiel, Going Places

19 May 10 3 Comments

At the invitation of the City of Cape Town, I went for a ride on one of the new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) buses today to view three of the stations that have recently been completed: Civic Centre, CT Airport and Cape Town Stadium. It was exciting experience, as it is now possible to…

2010 Fan Walk takes shape

24 March 10 2 Comments

Last Monday, the CT stadium was put to the test as over 50 000 people took part in a Global Day of Prayer. Lesson one: don’t park your car near the stadium during a big event - drivers took hours afterwards to clear the area. Lesson two: take the shuttle from town. Even…

New people’s park

06 March 10 0 Comments

Ella Smook of the Cape Argus wrote an article this week on the new Green Point Urban Park, which describes the facilities being planned for the area after the 2010 World Cup. Located next to the new Green Point IRT station, the park will become more accessible to communities…

‘Life after 2010′ – Talk to the Cape Town Press Club, 08 February

11 February 10 4 Comments

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

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Things to see in Green Point on an early morning bike ride

23 January 10 3 Comments

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

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