Workshop about art murals for Chapel Street, District Six, hosted on Saturday
14 May 2025
The City of Cape Town wants to remind the local community of District Six, other residents, and stakeholders of the first workshop to be hosted about the art murals at City facilities along the historical Chapel Street in District Six. The workshop is on Saturday, from 10:30 to 14:30, at the Lydia Williams Centre for Memory in District Six. Read more below:
At the workshop,
representatives from the City’s Urban Planning and Design Department will
collaborate with residents on themes and ideas for the proposed murals to be
painted on City owned facilities along Chapel Street.
This project builds
on the District Six Public Realm Strategy that was finalised in 2022 in
collaboration with the District Six community, stakeholders, and interested
parties.
The murals form part
of the Chapel Street upgrade project to facilitate pedestrian movement between
Trafalgar Park, New Hanover Street and the CBD.
‘We will be hosting
three workshops in the coming weeks. I want to encourage the public, and in
particular current and former residents of District Six, as well as friends of
District Six, to attend at least one of these workshops. The murals will be based
on the memories and stories that are shared at the workshops. These will be
interpreted with the community through a brief to artists. The intention is for
these murals to inspire and educate those passing through this historic area.
This is a great opportunity to contribute to a very visual and striking
project,’ said the City’s Deputy Mayor and Mayoral Committee for Spatial
Planning and Environment, Alderman Eddie Andrews.
Workshop dates and
venues:
- Saturday, 17 May 2025, from 10:30 to 14:30, at the Lydia Williams Centre for Memory on the corner of St Phillips and Chapel Streets, District Six
- Saturday, 24 May 2025, from 10:30 to 14:30, at the Dulcie September Civic Centre (old Athlone Civic Centre) on the corner of Protea and Eland Streets, Athlone
- Saturday, 21 June 2025, from 10:30 to 14:30, at Guga S’thebe on the corner of Washington and Church Streets in Langa
Please send an email
to public.participation@capetown.gov.za for more information, or to confirm
your attendance. The agenda and next steps will be discussed at the workshops.
Chapel Street links
Trafalgar Park through the remaining portion of District Six to the new
restitution areas and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The section
to be upgraded stretches from the intersection with Searle Street to Russel
Street; and from Russel Street to New Hanover Street.
‘The upgrade
includes hard and soft landscape interventions to promote pedestrian safety,
encourage social interaction, and enhance residents’ overall wellbeing by
creating a public realm that is safe and inviting. The design also focuses on
creating a pedestrian centred environment along Chapel Street. This includes
interventions such as traffic calming measures, narrowing the road itself, and
widening the sidewalks. This is in addition to the planting of trees to lure
people outside where they can interact with visitors and each other, and their
neighbourhood. The murals to be applied to City buildings will be a great
addition to this project and I therefore encourage residents to please
participate in the workshops,’ said Alderman Andrews
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Published by:
City of Cape Town, Media Office
