Andrew Boraine » Reclaim Camissa http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:50:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Cape Town’s Reclaim Camissa Project puts social media tools to good use http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cape-towns-reclaim-camissa-project-puts-social-media-tools-to-good-use/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cape-towns-reclaim-camissa-project-puts-social-media-tools-to-good-use/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:53:05 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=2516 “CAMISSA, meaning ‘the place of sweet waters’ is the ancient Khoi name for Cape Town. Embedded, lost and obscured within the city’s fabric this vital ecological and cultural link still exists….”

The Reclaim Camissa Project, a citizen activation project to investigate, document and restore vital ecological and cultural heritage links between…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/09/cape-towns-reclaim-camissa-project-puts-social-media-tools-to-good-use/feed/ 3 The ‘unhappy compromise’ shows signs of coming of age http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/08/the-unhappy-compromise-shows-signs-of-coming-of-age/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/08/the-unhappy-compromise-shows-signs-of-coming-of-age/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:05:54 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=2166 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.…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/08/the-unhappy-compromise-shows-signs-of-coming-of-age/feed/ 5 Storming the ramparts: How the Castle of Good Hope can become part of city life http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/07/storming-the-rampartshow-the-castle-of-good-hope-can-become-part-of-city-life/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2010/07/storming-the-rampartshow-the-castle-of-good-hope-can-become-part-of-city-life/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:47:22 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=1881 One of the good things about hosting a large global event like the 2010 World Cup is the way we were able do things that previously seemed impossible. Like regular road closures to create safe pedestrian spaces, reliable public transport, dressing the city in bright colours, colourful wall murals and outdoor advertisements,…

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