Seafront For All

From childhood we spent time as a family over weekends there, and my wife now walks regulary after work on the promenade. Its one of the memorable public sites that as a capetonian I feel needs to be kept.

Mark September

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 08:11:33 UTC

I am in the tourist industry, which i believe has huge potential for the economic development of our country. Poeple come here mostly because of the Capes scenic beauty and we have to protect that.

N Rolston

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 08:10:01 UTC

I dont believe that this property development is needed on the beach front.

Adri Loubser

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 08:02:26 UTC

Please save the seafront!!!!

Eddie Cassani

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 06:48:38 UTC

This rezoning must not be allowed!

Stephanie Moore

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 06:46:46 UTC

I oppose the rezoning of the seafront in Seapoint, it is not a good idea!

Angela Altendorfer

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 06:42:36 UTC

Do not allow financial greed to spoil our natural beauty. Rezoning NO!

DOT PIERCE-JONES

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 06:38:36 UTC

Fond memories of walking with my todler along the promenade, then with my little girl and our dogs, now with my young lady having to hold back when men give her admiring looks, all ending in an ice cream. You cannot take free space away from us.

michelle yates

Signed on: Tue 29 Jan 2008 05:35:55 UTC

Please keep this space open for the public to use as they have for many generations. My grandfather was lighthouse keeper of Greenpoint lighthouse and this promenade featured in practically every weekend of my childhood. When he was old and in awheelchair we would push him along and he would tell stories of them bathing on the beach when he was a child and of the fishing boats, etc. I have eaten a hundred ice creams walking along the promenade, learnt to rollerskate on the promenade and had my first kiss on the promenade. Places like this feature in so many peoples lives and belong to the community. Keep it as it is so other generations can walk along it and remember the important things that happened to them in this place and so others a hundred more important things can happen to other individuals in this very special place.

YVONNE DIXON

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 23:08:00 UTC

There is absolutely no need to spoil one of our most scenic and public recreation areas on the seafront. So many people, young and old, are able to utilize this area and how devasting if it is taken away. This may well be the only place the elderley are able to walk along the promenade.

Gabi Soule

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 23:03:02 UTC

LEAVE IT ALONE for all to enjoy as it is. We have enough hotels, apartments and shops, many of which are not even making enough money to pay their rentals.

linda smart

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:55:55 UTC

open spaces are healthy - keep up the good fight

magda currie

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:52:07 UTC

we need open spaces in every suburb

Charles and Michelle

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:47:56 UTC

Karen Carr

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:46:21 UTC

I love walking on the Promenade and don't want to see development on the sea side of the road.

Gower Wisdom

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:45:07 UTC

christine de villier

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:32:33 UTC

This creeping commercial exploitation at the cost of the few scenic public spaces left to the people of Cape Town will only escalate the encroachment along the coastline and mountain reserve area. I am against it.

Vandra Birch

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:24:55 UTC

I was born in Cape Town, and spent many hours at the seapoint pavilion. It would be a tragedy not to leave this open to the PUBLIC.

Paul Slabbert

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 22:19:07 UTC

I think that this drive of short term profit over conservation of qulity of life is not in the interest of Capetonians

Gideon Wolman

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:55:49 UTC

I am totally against any development as we were guaranteed that nothing would ever be developed there.Our promenade is so beautiful- lets fight to keep it that way

Fiona Macpherson

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:48:07 UTC

The promenade is one of Cape Town's most wonderful assets. It is a safe haven in a world of crime and it is the responsibilty of all those living in this beautiful city to protect this much loved treasure.

Claire and Martin Gr

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:46:18 UTC

We completely object to the development of the beachfront. It is a place of tranquility and natural beauty which is a gift! It is of importance to so many sectors of our community and there are so many other places where people can shop til they drop! Please leave our beachfront just the way it is!!!!

Gay French

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:35:55 UTC

this wonderful promenade needs to be kept for the public and 4 story buildings will spoil the whole area!

judy Kinderlerer

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:21:37 UTC

The pavilion is a classic 1930's swimming complex which serves all the community from all over Cape Town and international visitors.

Michelle du Toit

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:12:17 UTC

We need to stop this greedy overdeveloping of our beautiful coastline for the rich at the expense of the environment and the poor

catherine wisdom

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 21:04:41 UTC

keep some open spaces in this city, for goodness sake!!

Rhoda Kadalie

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 19:37:35 UTC

The Developers are destroying the city, driven by greed rather than preserving the heritage of the city; green spaces for the public and develop in consultation with the public. Where the public is overwhelmingly against a development they view as detrimental to the well-being of the community, the developer is obliged to listen.

Belinda Oosthuizen

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 19:20:24 UTC

Enough with the greedy & short-sighted developers! Leave our open spaces alone!

Yolanda le Roux

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 19:11:42 UTC

Myself and many people I know make use of the promenade in seapoint on a daily basis for relaxing outdoor activities. The promenade as it is, is a crucial investment for the wellbeing of all capetonians!

Aviva Singer

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:51:12 UTC

I grew up in Sea Point and am moving back there this year after 17 years abroad. I have such fond memories of the Beachfront and spent many good times there. I would not like to see it blighted by faceless high-end property development, as places like Clifton have been. Save the Beachfront for all the people of Cape Town!

Carl Wesselink

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:47:20 UTC

Public space must remain public - for all of us and our children's children.

Sarah Baleiza

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:42:26 UTC

The Seapoint Promenade Area should be kept as a public open space. I, and many others, regularly use this area to jog, walk, meet friends, enjoy an ice-cream, do tai-chi, play soccer, walk their dogs and kids , swim,sit in solitude and contemplate the beauty of our surroundings and feel a part of a happy, healthy multi-racial city. Where else in all of Cape Town can all this be done, within easy access to all the people and for free? It is also one of the few places I feel I can still do this safely. The beaches and mountain are no longer safe, especially early mornings and evenings. What makes the promenade unique is the number and great variety of people who use it, its accessibility to all and the fact that it still posesses somewhat of an old-world charm. Let it remain so. A mall can be built anywhere, but nothing can replace what this space means to so many people. Besides, do we really need another consumeristic mall?

Maryke van der Merwe

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:30:28 UTC

Where is civilization going if 'the fruits of the city' no longer exist? Please, this is so important for our phyci, don't let our beautiful city bacome just another concrete jungle! Please take the time and look at great cities like Sydney where urban design and landscaping has been taken into consideration, it makes ALL the difference. Not even to mention what it does for tourism. If you develop this strip, there is basically no strecth left for a nice long walk at the seside in the city bowl. It would be a very VERY sad day for all of us if you decide to do this...the beauty would be gone FOREVER!

pieter potgieter

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:24:34 UTC

Kate Potgieter

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:20:25 UTC

Shane Marks

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 18:08:13 UTC

elaine locke

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:59:11 UTC

henrietta rose-innes

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:57:10 UTC

Dave Cowley

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:49:19 UTC

I fully agree with the sentiments of this pettition.
The City is being planned by irresponsible developers and informal settlers. It is now time that we and our municipal planners start to appreciate one of the World's most beautiful cities in the same way that our visitors do.

Marga de Villiers

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:42:26 UTC

G. Baderoon

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:33:50 UTC

Tim Henny

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:33:30 UTC

The fact that we even have to sign a petition is absurd. Who would even consider rezoning these spaces in the first place?

heinrich troost

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:25:40 UTC

Leave our public space alone; it is ours

M Wienand

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:08:18 UTC

NO NO NO to any kind of development on the Sea Point Promenade area.! Dont allow GREED to spoil this area which is there for ALL South Africans to enjoy.
If this project goes ahead it will be the beginning of the destruction of one of Cape Towns most precious amenities. attraction

Marc Wilensky

Signed on: Mon 28 Jan 2008 17:02:30 UTC

The area must remain PUBLIC!