Heaven forbid we return to business as usual in the city
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...
View Article“We won the French!”
You would swear from the reaction of the crowd in the streets after the Bafana-French match that we were through to the next round. Everyone was beaming, blowing vuvuzelas, and dancing up and down with...
View ArticleCape Town shows the world how to street party
We were hoping to get 100 000 people on the Cape Town Fan Walk for the Germany vs Argentina 2010 World Cup Quarter Final match. At its peak, the Fan Walk hit an estimated 153 000! This means that when...
View ArticleTen reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well
The Cape Town Fan Walk has become one of the talking points of Cape Town’s World Cup experience. The editorial in today’s Cape Argus described it as a ‘masterstroke’. John Robbie of 702 Talk Radio...
View Article2010 World Cup: More of an afterglow than a hangover!
What better place to say farewell to the 2010 World Cup than in Upper Long Street? I watched the gut-wrenching final between Holland and Spain with friends and family at Long Street Cafe. Long Street...
View ArticleFan Walk tradition continues as Mandela Day is celebrated in Cape Town...
Citizens spontaneously reactivated the 2010 Fan Walk yesterday to say no to xenophobia and happy birthday to Nelson Mandela. Bravo to Charly’s Bakery for taking the lead, and to everyone who took part....
View ArticleThe ‘unhappy compromise’ shows signs of coming of age
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...
View ArticleCapetonians take to the streets again
The annual Community Chest Twilight Run provided another opportunity for Capetonians to take over the streets of the Central City. In the spirit of the 2010 World Cup Fan Walk, over 25 000 people, many...
View ArticleMeet the car guards of Long Street, Cape Town
Check out this great article on the car guards in Long Street, Cape Town, in Bright Continent by Anton Crone.…
View ArticleAt street level, where public and private spaces intersect, things get really...
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...
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