Cape Town City Hall / City Hall and Grand Parade lie side by side, the subject of ‘imminent transformations’, dating back to 2002

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CITY HALL, CAPE TOWN CENTRAL
Cape Town City HallCape Town City Hall, Cape Town: City Hall and Grand Parade lie side by side, both the subject of ‘imminent transformations’, which date all the way back to 2002 and have as yet to come to fruition.

For years this beautiful, old building - the stairs of which were used by Nelson Mandela to address the nation when he was released from prison - has stood in the balance, its future undecided and its structure slowly falling into disrepair. This in no way diminishes City Hall’s popularity - it still remains one of the buildings sought out by visitors to Cape Town. Its original foundations were laid at the turn of the last century and it opened in July 1905, its Italian Renaissance style and classical façade on Darling Street, the imposing clock tower built to scale and exactly half the size of London’s Big Ben.

Grand Parade, part of Cape Town’s ‘old town’ and one of the country’s most symbolic public spaces - it is the historical site of the release of Nelson Mandela - was most recently the site of the 4th Homeless World Cup, where, in the shadow of Table Mountain, a street soccer stadium hosted about 100,000 people. The city’s oldest square, and also its earliest commercial centre, the Grand Parade is also due for a facelift.

Consequently, there is much debate about just what will become of this space. Residential areas around here have, in the meantime, boomed and it is hoped that City Hall and Grand Parade will be restored with the residents of Cape Town in mind.
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