7 September 2012
Public space activation toolkit
If you feel inspired to use the city as your stage but don’t know how, here are some helpful hints: Take it outside In China they do tai chi, in Argentina they tango. There is no reason why the activities we usually do in private spaces or indoors can’t happen in public spaces. Just because [...]
6 September 2012
Reimagining public space
How can Cape Town reimagine its public spaces through design? That was the key question framing Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins’ trip to Cape Town in July 2012, as part of a visit co-hosted by the Cape Town Partnership, Central City Improvement District and City of Cape Town. First up on the agenda was [...]
21 August 2012
September: Cape Town’s open creative season
Make sure you get some rest in August because September promises to be a month-long, non-stop creative festival – showcasing everything from performing arts to the best of the country’s advertising talent – at the heart of which is Creative Week Cape Town from 15-23 September. To make planning your dairy around all of these [...]
2 August 2012
Call to crowd-source Creative Week Cape Town 2012
Need some space? Space to create, space to play, space to have your say? Be a part of Creative Week Cape Town and claim your own bit of public space in Cape Town this September. Whether that means goema buskers on the Grand Parade, a Mzansi style flashmob under the noon day gun or a [...]
27 July 2012
Times Square’s big, bright lessons in public space
Public space, without so much as a right of admission sign, is open to anyone. It can reconnect communities and help forge constructive relationships for unity and growth in its surrounding neighbourhoods. Think of the Grand Parade as a packed fan park during the 2010 World Cup. On an ordinary day, however, the Parade’s potential [...]




