2013 Archive

Crowd-sourcing resources and friends to grow Open Streets

Posted on Wednesday 04 December 2013

The last Open Streets will go down as a fabulous experiment of community building and crowd-sourcing.

Trending in Cape Town joined us for PARKing Day

Long Street is up for the experiment, let's play!

Posted on Wednesday 20 November 2013

Conversations about how to make Long Street more user friendly and accessible often gets overtaken by the simplified debate about pedestrianisation.

Turning Main Road "the highway" of Green Point into Open Streets

Posted on Saturday 16 November 2013

On Wednesday, 13 November, a dozen residents from Green Point joined us in our Talking Streets walk along Main Road.

Last chance to ensure Lower Main is open on 26 October

Posted on Wednesday 16 October 2013

With just three days left to meet our funding target for Open Streets on Lower Main Road on 26 October, we still have some way to go.

It's only possible if everyone pitches in...calling on all Friends of Open Streets

Posted on Tuesday 15 October 2013

The movement is growing, Cape Town wants more Open Streets, but we need everyone to come to the party...

12 October -Open Streets in Langa

Posted on Monday 14 October 2013

It is difficult to imagine a more organic "Open Streets experience" than Rubusana St. in Langa

Lower Main Road is booked for 26 October Open Streets

Posted on Friday 27 September 2013

Yesterday marked the beginning of the countdown for Open Streets on 26 October. A month until Lower Main Road becomes an avenue (pun intended)to experience Cape Town differently.

Open Streets is crowdfunding our 26 October 2013 event with Thundafund and you!

Posted on Thursday 19 September 2013

Less than a year ago a small group of street fundis planted the seed for the Open Streets movement in Cape Town...

PARK(ing) on Long Street -20 September 2013

Posted on Tuesday 17 September 2013

Here at Open Streets, we believe in shaking things up a bit. Not too much, but enough to dust off the cobwebs of conventional thinking.

Creating an Open City one street at a time

Posted on Monday 26 August 2013

The message was clear: we don't need to go through long bureaucratic processes in order to start opening streets in Cape Town. People are ready to promote a city-wide movement.

Talking Streets in Langa

Posted on Monday 19 August 2013

Last month we embarked on a journey to Langa, one of the most historically rich and promising areas of Cape Town, to walk, talk and learn about its people and plans for the future.