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| Mary Simons | Signed on: Tue 26 Feb 2008 17:14:40 UTC
Sea Point Pavillion is an international continental national and local treasure. It is a place of unsurpassed beauty where human building and nature are in harmony and the sea and rocks are never absent from one's sight. It is a space where the matters of the day are shed and one's person is invigorated and supported.
I have been coming to this pool for the last 56 years. I was ever mindful of the privilege that whites had in having this reserved space. Today I watch and join the pool with 500 schoolkids (Thursday 22) 20 something would be oil riggers, trawlermen and inspectors who cannot go to sea without certification. Each morning I swim with elderly people in the diving pool or swim with all the elderly and the young before they go off to work. As the mornings get cooler I will switch my swimming tim to the afternoon where the young and working people will swim in the pool. The new South Africa and the old South Africa plays and swims at the Sea Point Pool. Couples and families reflect the world we struggled to make, where people could love each other, marry each other and have children irrespective of colour and gender restrictions. They join the traditional coloured, african and white families on the benches on the lawns and in the pool. They swim together sometimes chattering and laughing and other times in silence.
It is shameful that the authorities even contemplate encroaching on this space. Sea Point Pavillion allows each of us to make happy memories. |
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| Mervyn Garlick | Signed on: Tue 26 Feb 2008 14:03:24 UTC
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| Jackie Jennings | Signed on: Tue 26 Feb 2008 11:53:04 UTC
We don't visit Sea Point for the shops - we visit to enjoy this great open space - please retain this remaining beautiful part of Sea Point! |
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| M. Myburgh | Signed on: Tue 26 Feb 2008 09:00:34 UTC
I have been a privilged Capetonian for over 40yrs. This gem of a city has been systematically "raped"and stripped of its beauty - please STOP the madness called "progress"!!! |
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| christine vorster | Signed on: Mon 25 Feb 2008 15:57:47 UTC
There is no way that the seapoint prominade could be taken away!
It would be a great loss for the city |
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| Rhoda Kadalie | Signed on: Mon 25 Feb 2008 13:15:40 UTC
Increasingly property developers are destroying the environment due to short-term greed. We as objectors try to preserve and conserve the natural beauty of Sea Point by opposing the encroachment of concrete jungles thereby alleviating traffic congestion. |
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| Kathryn Ewing | Signed on: Mon 25 Feb 2008 08:35:00 UTC
This is prime public land and MUST be preserved for the use of all Cape Town citizens. |
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| Lynda Campbell | Signed on: Mon 25 Feb 2008 07:53:51 UTC
This area is used by many as a place of relaxationwithout having to dig into one's pocket. You know sunny skies , sea air and all Cape Town is renowned for. let's keep it together. |
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| Ellen Stork-Elmendor | Signed on: Sun 24 Feb 2008 01:49:03 UTC
I'll do anything to stop this monstrous spread of vulgar consumerism and exploitation by a few ruthless people, taking away one of most beautiful public spaces along the coast in Cape Town. This is for eveyone, not a few people who enrich themselves so they can live in exclusive places with uninterrupted views. |
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| trish richards | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 16:33:21 UTC
the previous edifice was unsightly, so why repeat the mistake? |
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| boyer | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 16:26:23 UTC
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| Helen Hoekstra | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 14:05:20 UTC
I'm very glad to see that there are people out there trying to protect our incredible seafront space.Rampant capitalism is destroying our country and everything possible should be done to prevent it!We should be standing united and let our voices be heard as is in so many areas of our existance nowadays-we are not afforded the rite to object-before it is too late. |
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| Lee Halliday | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 13:52:39 UTC
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| Pieter Rootman | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 09:57:51 UTC
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| Fred Marshall | Signed on: Fri 22 Feb 2008 07:21:25 UTC
I can't believe that this is even being considered. We might as well build a block of flats on top of Table mountain or knock down the Prison on Robben Island and build a golf course. It is absolutely ridiculous. stop it!!! |
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| adrienne judes | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 22:20:58 UTC
absolutely and unequivocally disaprove of any development in this area or anywhere along the beachfront between bantry bay and the radisson |
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| Nicholas von Broembs | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 16:07:24 UTC
These precious public spaces are invaluable and will become even more so as the city's open spaces are squeezed by developers. |
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| Jose Brites | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 15:44:49 UTC
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| Sally Owen | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 10:51:00 UTC
Stop destroying what little, precious open space the people of Cape Town have access to...everyone enjoys a glimpse of the sea and it restores the soul...we have enough concrete in our lives already! |
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| Jax Kippen | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 10:45:48 UTC
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| Catherine Guest | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 10:06:23 UTC
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| Gisela Pruter | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 07:59:58 UTC
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| Glynis Robertson | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 07:18:46 UTC
Its all about the money once again!!! |
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| carmen basson | Signed on: Thu 21 Feb 2008 06:33:23 UTC
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| andy horn | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 17:19:15 UTC
I object strongly to the proposed privatization of Green point Promenade. The proposed privatization is blatant robbery of an existing public asset for the profit and benefit of a few. This is immoral and must not be given approval for rezoning. |
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| Soné Mouton | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 17:06:35 UTC
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| Paul Burger | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 16:54:11 UTC
Keep Sea Point Promenade as it is. |
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| Lizette Preiss | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 16:08:52 UTC
Stop wrecking the seashores of the cape. We already have the waterfront. We DO NOT need more consumerism on what little limited beautiful seafront we have. |
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| Fran Newby | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 15:36:48 UTC
You just have to leave green spaces everywhere. We need places to walk and run and children need place to play. Don"t spoil Cape Town by overcrowding... there are enough shopping places!
We must move outwards and not fill up where we are.
Grow outwards!! |
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| Shihaam Soeker | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 14:46:17 UTC
Let's protect the environment and stand up for our rights! The community should be consulted and informed when such developments are going to take place and their opinions should matter! |
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| Nadia Lemmer | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 13:16:43 UTC
This is the biggest load of crap I've heard in a long time. These money hungry selfish people who has no consideration for nature or beauty. I think they should fuck right off!!!!!!!!!Capetown is our mother city and I'm afraid that when you give this space up it will belong to foreigners like most houses in clifton. No this is South African ground and blody well leave it alone!1!!!!! |
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| Ida Jordaan | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 13:11:22 UTC
SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, STOP BUILDING OF UNNECESSARY HOTELS AND APARTMENTS FOR THE SUPER RICH |
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| Mike Doran | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 10:29:32 UTC
Capetonians need to preserve this space for present and future generations to use - it forms part of the essence of Cape Town, we cannot let it go! |
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| TRACEY DU TOIT | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 09:24:56 UTC
CAPE TOWN IS THE SEA POINT PROMENADE |
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| Laureen Schenk | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 09:24:20 UTC
Don't kill the inviourment |
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| Tarryn Gildenhuys | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 09:07:34 UTC
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| Moira Alexander | Signed on: Wed 20 Feb 2008 08:38:55 UTC
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| Colin Alexander | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 17:31:36 UTC
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| Yiannis Gerakaris | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 16:02:47 UTC
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| Kevin Greyling | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 15:17:42 UTC
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| sandy welthagen | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 15:16:24 UTC
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| Gareth Davies | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 14:24:18 UTC
ENOUGH! Leave it alone. We have enough shopping malls already. Go develop the are behind the railways. Leave sea point alone we the people like it the way it is. Make it a bit cleaner yes, but leave it alone. |
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| Jeanne Davies | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 13:41:59 UTC
I think the Promenade as we know it is one of CT's attractions - and part of that attraction is that it's free and uncommercialised; it's symbolic of the CT way of life and as such should be cleaned up (as has happened) and protected. |
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| Pippa Nel | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 12:04:18 UTC
regular CT visitor and would DIE without the promenade |
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| Caroline von Broembs | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:29:46 UTC
As an Architect in the City Bowl I fully support this. Our open spaces are precious and so is our seaside- the reason why many of us live here.What sets us aside from other large SA cities is that we realise in Cape Town that nurturing the Soul is far more important than making money from over-developing our land.....lets walk the walk now... |
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| Anton HA Geldenhuys | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:18:49 UTC
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| Edna Hime | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:05:36 UTC
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| Amanda | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:02:13 UTC
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| Claire Roy | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 11:00:11 UTC
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| jessica | Signed on: Tue 19 Feb 2008 10:53:47 UTC
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