In Photos: New York and Hurricane Sandy
New York in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Captured in photos by our New York based contributor Andre-Pierre du Plessis
City Space: Molteno Reservoir – What could it become?
Those of you who have been painstakingly searching for a venue to host your three-legged biathlon, take a deep sigh of relief. I have found a location that not only covers the stipulated 800m distance but also provides aquatic facilities.
In Pictures: Olympic Decay
Olympic Cities can spend billions in preparation for their hosting duties but without a long-term strategy what happens to Olympic infrastructure once the Games leave town?
In Photos: Copacabana for Cape Town
Editor of Future Cape Town, Rashiq Fataar, recently visited Rio de Janeiro. In light of recent propositions to create a Copacabana-style beach route from Muizenberg to Gordon’s Bay, FCT offers a visual exploration of the original Copacabana.
Better Stations, Better Cities
by Robert Bowen
Each day we struggle with the remnants of Modernism, I’m not talking in this case of the giant windy spaces between oversized concrete monoliths. No today I’m talking the result of modern planning. Today things are put into zones, we abide by a zoning scheme. A ridiculous concept really, considering cities are far too [...]
First look at Adderley Street MyCiTi Bus Station
by Rouen Smit
Renderings have emerged of the proposed MyCiTi Bus Station in Adderley street. This will be the main connecting station for train commuters to the MyCiTi Bus inner city Feeders and extended IRT network.
View of proposed MyCiTi Bus feeder station from the Adderley Fountains.
Seven of the eight feeder routes will stop at this three-platform MyCiTi [...]
Cape Town Without The Foreshore Freeways
Cape Town’s Foreshore freeway strangles the city and cuts it (and its people) off from the Port and water’s edge. With a comparison to San Francisco’s Embarcadero, Gareth Pearson questions what would happen if we did away with the Foreshore section of Nelson Mandela Boulevard altogether.
Floating cities, Cape Town and New York.
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Floating cities, Cape Town and New York. Prints by Reinhard Krug.
“I’m a big fan of large cities, and it always fascinates me how they’re little worlds in their own sense,” writes Reinhard Krug. Though the artist’s latest series of prints is called ‘Islands,’ his collaged images of New York, Sydney and Cape Town appear more [...]
Cycling in New York: Central Park, a sanctuary in a crazy urban powerhouse
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The Sports Edition
The Commuter Edition
You say ‘cycle’, I say ‘blade’
The Running Man
Runners keep left. ‘Bladers pass right.
Not from a history book. This is NMTaxi
Grandpa doesn’t run errands-
-he cycles them.
Old-School Horse and Carriage
The Beauty
Cycling in New York: Central Park, a [...]
Cycling in Shanghai: A way of life
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Parking the bicycle
Cycling in all the streets
Arriving at a store
Waiting for food
Beautiful bicycle racks
Bicycle art
Bicycles in People’s Square
Bicycle as a means of business
Bicyclist receiving a fine
Urban street scene
Cycling in Shanghai: A way of life
In June this year Rashiq Fataar [...]
