V&A Waterfront Vision

C

capetownguy

Expert Member
Joined
Jun 25, 2007
Messages
3,206
Reaction score
0
3131376427_96eeed1917_o.png
 
capetownguy said:
3131376427_96eeed1917_o.png
Click to expand...

The same "vision" saw the pepperpots (in the background) as something great. They are an eyesore and always will be. Just like those great monstrosities we see in Camps Bay and Clifton that dominate the shore and the developments on the mountainside in Devil's Peak, Fish Hoek, Simonstown etc. PURE UGLY:eek:.

That's where developers like you don't see eye to eye with Cape Tonians. We see an open piece of land as a thing of beauty - a green lung for the city, a refuge from the hustle and bustle. Whilst you perhaps see it as an unbuilt money-producing skyscraper. Please stay away from our city. Go start your New York II somewhere else. We don't want or need it.
Thank you.
 
ah you're one of those.

They said the same about the V&A. Then 22 million visitors came.

Green Point Common a "green lung". You mean brown lung right?
Our bergie friendly, soggy field, brown grass Green Point Common has been anything but green in the last few decades.
 
Sackboy said:
. We don't want or need it.
Click to expand...

We being you.

I remember they used WE, when they opposed the stadium.
WE consisted of 12 Cape Town residents. Clear majority I'd say.
I could post their names but would prefer not to.
 
capetownguy said:
ah you're one of those.

They said the same about the V&A. Then 22 million visitors came.

Green Point Common a "green lung". You mean brown lung right?
Our bergie friendly, soggy field, brown grass Green Point Common has been anything but green in the last few decades.
Click to expand...
I wasn't here at that time, but I do remember the original waterfront and would like to forget that it was just a series of warehouses with a sparse, bleak backdrop. They've managed to retain some character. If only they had kept their promise to maintain a lot of free parking. Greed got the better of them. Even the city has gone that way at around R7.50 an hour to park in order to see grotty market stalls run by Nigerians directly outside normal shops, street children and security guards. Perhaps money should have been spent on that rather on a white-elephant stadium.

The common was Bergie friendly because the Council let it get like that. It was a poor excuse at the time and still is.

capetownguy said:
We being you.

I remember they used WE, when they opposed the stadium.
WE consisted of 12 Cape Town residents. Clear majority I'd say.
I could post their names but would prefer not to.
Click to expand...
Now, Guy, don't tell porkies. There was a large groundswell of anti-stadium sentiment. You only had to read the letters in the broadsheets. Even Madame Zille was opposed until she had no choice. Unless you actually polled properly or had a referendum you simply cannot put numbers to anything - and well you know it!
 
Last edited:
12 people legally opposed the stadium. full stop. I have the affidavits.
An "environmental organization" that popped up, but never seemed to be around while the common was in a state of decay. All very convenient that they have now disappeared and that their fight for "cape town's environmental beauty" has now ended.

white elephant? because you say so?

I think I'd take the word of the Stade de France/SAIL consortium, who manage 5 stadia across the world successfully including Stade de France and are the operators of the new stadium.

As for the common. It remains a poor excuse of a public space. I just enjoy that it was referred to as a "green lung". The old stadium was a major eyesore.
 
capetownguy, are you by any chance the same one on Skyscrapercity forum? :P

and for those of you who are interested in construction and the latest developments going on in the country - www.skyscrapercity.com
There are a large number of SA guys all working together to stay informed. And if you're particularly interested in the stadiums, there really is no better place.
 
capetownguy said:
12 people legally opposed the stadium. full stop. I have the affidavits.
An "environmental organization" that popped up, but never seemed to be around while the common was in a state of decay. All very convenient that they have now disappeared and that their fight for "cape town's environmental beauty" has now ended.

white elephant? because you say so?

I think I'd take the word of the Stade de France/SAIL consortium, who manage 5 stadia across the world successfully including Stade de France and are the operators of the new stadium.

As for the common. It remains a poor excuse of a public space. I just enjoy that it was referred to as a "green lung". The old stadium was a major eyesore.
Click to expand...
Guy, follow the logic. Do you think 1200 people could have stopped it, let alone 12? Maybe they should know how much you value their input. Pls forward me the affadavits.

The Council is trying to use the same argument for other developments.

They borrowed the idea from SLUMLORDS who let their property decay so they have an excuse to shed tenants and flog it for development.
 
Sackboy said:
The same "vision" saw the pepperpots (in the background) as something great. They are an eyesore and always will be. Just like those great monstrosities we see in Camps Bay and Clifton that dominate the shore and the developments on the mountainside in Devil's Peak, Fish Hoek, Simonstown etc. PURE UGLY:eek:.

That's where developers like you don't see eye to eye with Cape Tonians. We see an open piece of land as a thing of beauty - a green lung for the city, a refuge from the hustle and bustle. Whilst you perhaps see it as an unbuilt money-producing skyscraper. Please stay away from our city. Go start your New York II somewhere else. We don't want or need it.
Thank you.
Click to expand...

Speak for yourself.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X