Green Point, Cape Town

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Aerial view of the Old Green Point Stadium, which was demolished during 2007.

The old Green Point stadium makes way for the new 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium.

Green Point lighthouse.

Prisoner transit camp at Green Point during the Second Boer War. The old Mouille Point Lighthouse is visible in the background.

Green Point is a neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa located to the north west of the central business district. It a popular residential area for young professionals and for the Cape Town gay and lesbian community. Many new mid-rise apartment and mixed-use developments have gone up in recent years. Somerset Road forms the main thoroughfare lined by numerous restaurants, cafés, boutiques and nightclubs.

The Cape Town Stadium is being constructed on Green Point Common for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Numerous infrastructural developments will take place, with the upgrade to Western Boulevard and the new Granger Bay Boulevard being constructed, along with a massive investment in creating an urban park around the stadium.

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Coordinates: 33°55′S 18°24′E / 33.917°S 18.4°E / -33.917; 18.4