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APRIL 2015

A PROJECT OF THE

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From window sills and seed bombing in New York to basements in Tokyo and self-suffi cient Cuba, urban farming is all the rage. And for good reason: a quarter of people live with hunger while about a third of the world’s food goes to waste. Although reaching the impressive scale of Cuba’s eff orts is a long while off , urban farms are the beginning of sensitising city

slickers to our wasteful ways. By making growing and eating greens cool, it is also hoped that people begin to choose healthier alternatives to the fast food that is driving obese cities.For Cape Town, urban farming is nothing new – it has sat just below the city surface for centuries. The Mother City we know today grew around the gardens planted by Jan van Riebeek (see 6), which now

constitute our central park.In 2014, part of the Company’s Garden were restored to their former purpose of vegetable garden, growing fresh produce and indigenous medicinal plants. The intention is for it to serve as an educational platform for the thousands of school children and others who visit the museums on a daily basis. The produce itself is to be sold in a community market.

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focused on the people of Cape Town, and published by the Cape Town Partnership.

Published by:Cape Town Partnership34 Bree StreetT: 021 419 1881

Created by: Ambre Nicolson, Brandon Roberts, Jaxon Hsu, Lisa Burnell, Nadine Botha, Nicole Cameron, Ru du Toit, Sam Bainbridge

Designed by: Infestation T: 021 461 8601 www.infestation.co.za

If the streets of a city are its arteries, the people are its lifeblood. Here are just some of the many ways that the route of the City Walk comes alive every day.

THE HEARTOF OUR CITY

THE CITY IS YOUR SPACE

LOOK UP Newspaper House | 122 St George’s Mall

In 1857 the Cape Argus newspaper was published for the fi rst time from this address, although the building had been erected in 1836. Today, Newspaper House is still home to the Cape Argus and other Independent Newspapers titles, although in 2011 Independent Newspapers sold the property to Ingenuity Investments who refurbished the building. Today, if you venture into the foyer you can see some of the artifacts rescued from the building as well as local history captured in the photographic wallpaper.

URBAN AGRICULTURE

PUBLIC SPACE

FREE EVENTSCity Walk Saturdays

18 April, 16 MayEvery month be entertained by buskers, dancers, drummers,

street art, gamers and more… all along the route. #walkcapetown

First Thursdays 7 May, 4 June, 2 July,

6 August, 3 SeptemberOn the fi rst Thursday of every month restaurants, museums

and art galleries in the CBD are open until late in the evening.

Earth Fair Food Market Every Thursday

12pm-6pmMeet top quality traders selling a range of locally produced and artisanal food products. (Upper St George’s Mall, off Wale Street,

opposite the cathedral)

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13COUPLES HOLDING HANDS

2PEOPLE HUGGING

3COUPLES KISSING

In one hour on St George’s Mall we counted:

You see a lot of kissing in good

places.

MAPPING PUBLIC ARTPUBLIC ART OUR HISTORY

THIS SPOT IN HISTORY

24 HOURS IN THE CENTRAL CITY

SOUNDS IN THE CITY13h00On Thursdays the bustle of the Earth Fair Food Market can be heard around the top of St George’s Mall, with stalls offering a range of freshly prepared food.

16h00The shouts of guardjies hanging out the sides of taxi’s shouting “Seeeapoint!”

19h00On Tuesdays you can hear the bell ringers of St George’s Cathedral practising ringing the bells that are otherwise rung on Sundays and special civic occasions. DINNER

05h00The muezzin’s cry calling the faithful to worship in the mosques.

07h00The clang of informal traders setting up their stalls in Greenmarket Square for the day.

06h00 The calls of flower sellers setting up their stalls, some of which have been in a single family for generations.

10h00The flutter of pigeon wings alighting on any one of the dozens of statues that appear along the City Walk route.

BREAKFAST

Early morning walk/run

around the city

Access your inner

photography enthusiast

Visit a coffee

shop

Watch buskers, dancers,

drummers

Search for gifts at

Greenmarket Square

Watch people

Go African curio

hunting

Bike through the city

Sip a sundowner

during happy hour

Enjoy the city

night-life

Do a historical

walking tour

Take a bus

tour

Discover a street

artist

Do some mountain

gazing

Search for the perfect

gift

Attend events like First Thursdays or the

Earth Fair Food Market

Try some afternoon tea in the

Company’s Garden

Visit an art

gallery

Catch a theatrical

performance

Waking up in the

city

LUNCHTIME

12h00The boom of the Noonday Gun, which used to be fired for ships in the harbor to tell the time.

EDITORIAL

GROW YOUR OWN

LOOK DOWN Come To Pass | intersection of St George’s Mall and Shortmarket Street

Come To Pass, a public sculpture that takes the form of a compass and a clock, was unveiled in 2004 and is concerned, in the words of artists Fritha Langerman and Katherine Bull, “with the construction of history through different models: the offi cial record – the archive; the oral record – the anec-dotal; and history as an invention”. Six bronze discs describe important colonial occupations (explorer, settler, merchant, preacher, soldier, architect) and the six stainless steel rings are composed of information gathered from women interviewed at this spot over the course of one day.

– urbanist Fred Kent on what makes for a healthy public space

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Berlin Wall

Top of St George’s Mall.

A chunk of the wall that separated East and West Berlin until 1989 – the year we said goodbye to communism, hello internet!

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THE SLAVE LODGE (IZIKO MUSEUM)Over 9 000 slaves were accommodated in this notorious building over the 132 years in which slave labour was used in the Cape. The Dutch East India Company imported slaves to help build the city from places such as Mozambique, Madagascar, India and Batavia. Built in 1679, the lodge had no windows and also gained the reputation of being the city’s biggest brothel. When emancipation fi nally came on 1 December 1834, the freed slaves took to the streets in celebration, and began the tradition of the Cape Carnival.

COMPANY’S GARDEN The Company’s Garden is more than just a park – it is a herit-age site dating back to the city’s earliest beginnings when Jan van Riebeeck was tasked by the Dutch East India Com-pany to set up a refreshment station for passing ships. The land provided fertile ground for fresh produce, watered from springs on the lower slopes of Table Mountain, which was channelled down canals that now line Government Avenue.

All Shall Be Equal Before The Law

Queen Victoria Street, opposite the Company’s Garden

By Faith47

Part of the the world-renowned Cape Town street artist’s Freedom Charter series.

Crafty Cluster

St Andrew’s Square.

By Heath Nash, Willard Musaruwa, Felix Holm, Kommetjie Environmental Action Group

A number of works by designers show the resourceful use of wire, beads and recycled plastic.

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World Cup murals

Bottom of Fan Walk near St George’s Mall.

By Claire Homewood, Steven van Niekerk, Neo and Falko

Vibrant paintings that date back to the year the vuvuzela made it into the Oxford dictionary.

Sharks Jetty Square, lower St George’s Mall adjacent to Pier Place. By Ralph Borland

Creepy skeletons that move in response to passing pedestrians – cue Jaws soundtrack.

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Where St George’s Mall and Fan Walk meet

By Brett Murray

Love it or hate it, these Bart Simpson heads popping out of an African curio always get tongues wagging.

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Accidental Art Mural Where Fan Walk crosses over Long Street .

By Xolilwe Mtakatya

Believing that art makes chicken taste better, Nando’s has the world’s biggest corporate collection of original SA art, displayed in branches across the globe.

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ST GEORGE’S CATHEDRALSt George’s Cathedral is not only a beautiful stone church built in the early 1900s, it is also renowned for the strong political stance it took in the Apartheid era, keeping its doors open to people of all races. On 13 September 1989, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other leaders marched from St George’s with 30 000 Capetonians from diverse backgrounds in support of peace and the end of Apartheid. Though illegal, the police were not present to confront the marchers, and it symbolised a turning point in the transition to democracy.

Rock Girl benches

Various locations on Prestwich Square and St George’s Mall.

By Lovell Friedman, Paul du Toit, Laurie van Heerden, Aram Lello

Striking seats promoting safe public spaces for women and girls.

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THE FAN WALKIt may not be ancient history, but it was close on half a decade ago that South Africans awoke to the sound of vuvuzelas signalling the start of the FIFA Soccer World Cup, the fi rst to be hosted on African soil. The 2.6km Fan Walk was built to connect to the city’s CBD and Cape Town Sta-dium. With thousands of jubilant fans traversing the route, few can forget the vibrant buzz of the Fan Walk in 2010.

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Our gratitude goes out to our fellow Big 7 members (Cape Point, Groot Constantia, Kirstenbosch, Robben Island, Table Mountain Cableway and V&A Waterfront), and friends African Arts Institute, Arterial Network South Africa, Artscape Creative Department, Cape Town Free Walking Tours, Cape Town Tourism, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Central City Improvement District, City of Cape Town, Company’s Garden, District 6 Museum, Footsteps to Freedom, FNB, Greenmarket Square Informal Traders Association and the traders on St George’s Mall, Green Point City Improvement District, Iziko Museums, Madame Zingara, Open Streets, Taj Cape Town, Tsogo Sun, Wesgro, and everyone whom we have collaborated with to preserve, repair and amplify the City Walk.

Pier Place sculptures

Heerengracht Street

By Egon Tania

The human sculptures make a popular selfi e-taking spot, not to mention the site of the days-long Burger King queues.

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In my line of work I often read headlines that say things like, “10 ways to enjoy your city” or “Discover your own hometown”. It is not that I disagree with such notions, in fact quite the opposite, but personally I feel that what is important about such ideas is not that you “enjoy” or “discover” your own city but rather that it is your city. The city of Cape Town belongs to anyone who considers themselves a citizen, no matter whether they are new immigrants or can trace their family’s history to a certain place over many generations.I believe that it is literally the citizens of a city that create it, through all the ways they choose to live, work and play in the urban landscape they call home.Now, as we embark on the new journey of the City Walk – a communal celebration of the urban heart of our city – I would like to say to you: this is your city. Claim your space. Play with it. Create it. Use it in new ways and old. The city belongs to you.

Bulelwa Makalima-NgewanaCEO Cape Town Partnership

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BELLVILLE

DURBANVILLE

GOODWOOD

NEWLANDS

MILNERTON

MELKBOSSTRAND

TABLE VIEW

ROBBEN ISLANDROBBEN ISLAND

WOODSTOCK

GUGULETHU

LANGA

CROSSROADS

RONDEBOSCH

LLANDUDNO

CLIFTON

GREEN POINT

CAMPS BAY

TOKAI

FISH HOEK

KALK BAY

SCARBOROUGH

KOMMETJIE

CAPE POINT

SEA POINT

CLAREMONT

MITCHELLSPLAIN

STRANDFONTEIN

CONSTANTIACONSTANTIA

SIMON’S TOWN

MUIZENBERG

KHAYELITSHAHOUT BAY

CAPE FLATS

HELDERBERG

BLAAUWBERG

ATLANTIC SEABOARD

SOUTHERN SUBURBS

NORTHERN SUBURBS

SOUTH PENINSULA

CITY CENTRE

LOOK FURTHER

BEYOND THE CITY WALK

STREET TALK

Now that you have experienced the vibrant public space, history, human stories, art, architecture and shopping of the City Walk, it’s time to look a little further afield. For every experience available along the City Walk, many others are available in the wider metropolitan area of Cape Town. Here’s just a taste.

Many of the retailers along the City Walk route have worked in the heart of the city for decades. We asked them how the city has changed over the years.

5. Hout Bay for fish’n’chipsEat fried and battered fi sh and fat slap chips drenched in vinegar while overlooking the Hout Bay harbour at Snoekies, which has been serving their fi sh’and’chips since 1951. Cost: R45 for hake and chips parcel. Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 19:00

Hout Bay harbour

3. Oranjezicht City FarmA rehabilitated old bowling green with weekly pop-up markets for local farmers on Saturday mornings.

Upper Orange Street, OranjezichtTel: 083 628 3426 for market location

2. Woodstock Discover dozens of street art murals, painted by local and international graffi ti artists. Contact The Street is the Gallery on Facebook or on Twitter @AStreetGallery to fi nd out more about booking a guided tour of the street art.

Woodstock or Westridge in Mitchells Plain

1. GugulethuThis imposing granite memorial remembers Jabulani Godfery Miya, Zandisile Zenith Mjobo, Zola Alfred Swelani, Mandla Simon Mxinwa, Themba Mlifi , Zabonke John Konile and Christopher Piet. These seven young men were members of the ANC’s Umkhonto we Sizwe. They were lured into an ambush, shot and killed by members of the South African Police Force on 3 March 1989.

Gugulethu Memorial, outside the Gugulethu police station, corner of NY1 and NY111, Gugulethu

Visit the memorial to

the Gugulethu Seven

Visit Woodstock

If you enjoyed fi nding out more about the

rich and turbulent

HISTORY of our city…

Two community farms also

reside in the City Bowl.

If you would like to fi nd out more about

URBAN AGRICULTURE

around Cape Town…

If you would like to discover more

STREET ART…

Visit Hout Bay, Langa or

Bellville

If you would like to taste more local

STREET FOOD

4. Tyisa NabanyeSituated in an old military base on the slopes of Signal Hill, the farm forms part of an informal community development project. It hosts a farmers market on the second Sunday of every month.

Erf 81, Military Road, Tamboerskloof

7. Langa for some loxionAlso known as a smiley, sheep’s heads (intloko yegusha) are prepared in an open-air informal kitchen. First the hair is scorched off over an open fi re, then the head is butterfl ied and cooked in salted water for an hour. Cost: a whole head for R50 or a half for R25. Opening hours: seven days a week, 09:00 to 20:00

Rhodes Street, across from Chris Hani School, Langa

6. Bellville for Somalian food“Little Mogadishu” as some parts of the Bellville CBD has become known is the place to fi nd somali food like baasto (pasta) with suugo suuqaar (spicy beef and tomato sauce). Cost: R50 for a large plate of spaghetti and meat sauce. Opening hours: weekdays from 08:00 to 17:00

Blankenberg Street, Bellville

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MOHAMMED HUSSEINOwner of Long Street Deli corner shop, Long Street

I’ve been selling items like chips, cigarettes, cold drinks and sweets in the Cape Town city centre since 1997, when I arrived from Somalia. For ten years I traded on the pavement directly outside, and then took occupation of this store. Until about 2007, I was the only corner shop, but now there are more than ten in the area. It’s because there are a lot more people in the city; and I guess perhaps people see my success and think that they too will be able to build a good corner business shop. In my industry though it is all about choosing the right corner, and I made sure I did my research!

NADINE MFUMU, Informal retailer selling curios, jewellery and clothing on St George’s Mall

Every day I embrace my spirit of creativity in order to earn a living. I’ve been in Cape Town for seven years and work at this stall from Monday to Saturday, from 8am until about 6pm. I am a refugee from Congo, so in order to survive and make a living, I embrace my spirit of creativity and make necklaces, handbags and bracelets. I sit here making things while I watch the people around me. Over the years that I’ve been here, I’ve seen more and more people using this route. Unfortunately many of the tourists with guides go directly into Greenmarket Square to make their purchases – I would bring home more sales if they were encouraged to come and shop here too.

PHILLIP ZETLER, Owner of Phillip Zetler Jewellers,St George’s Mall

In the 30 years I’ve been here there’s always something new happening outside my window. I bought this store 30 years ago and have been working in it ever since, selling new and pre-owned jewellery and watches. The shop itself has been around for over 75 years, so it’s seen a lot of history and change in the area. In our time, we’ve seen marches, solidar-ity walks, buskers and gospel singers – there’s always something happening outside my window. The road becom-ing pedestrianised was positive for our business, as was the establishment of the CCID – the presence, willingness and helpfulness of their team members give a great sense of support.

RICHARD LEMKUSOwner of Jack Lemkus Sports, St George’s Mall

Jack Lemkus was my great-great- grandfather, and I grew up in this shop. We’ve witnessed massive changes in the CBD over the years and have watched it go from strength to strength – the establishment of the Fan Walk and MyCiTi Bus have been pivotal in uplifting the area and our business has doubled as a result – 71 000 people walk past our door every day! The 2010 World Cup was an epic experience for us with the city coming alive, and tens of thousands of people fl ocking into the store. I guess it’s about continuing to plant the seed that Cape Town’s inner city is a place that we can all be proud of.

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