V&A Waterfront

Coordinates: 33°54′11″S 18°25′22″E / 33.90306°S 18.42278°E / -33.90306; 18.42278
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Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
LocationCape Town, Western Cape
Coordinates33°54′11″S 18°25′22″E / 33.90306°S 18.42278°E / -33.90306; 18.42278
Ocean/sea sourcesTable Bay Harbour of the Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesSouth Africa
Websitewww.waterfront.co.za

The Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront in Cape Town is situated on the Atlantic shore, Table Bay Harbour, the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain. Adrian van der Vyver designed the complex.

Situated in South Africa's oldest working harbor, the 123 hectares (300 acres) area has been developed for mixed-use, with both residential and commercial real estate.

The Waterfront attracts more than 23 million visitors a year.[1]

History

Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, visited the Cape Colony harbour in 1860 as a sixteen-year-old Royal Navy Midshipman on HMS Euryalus. He made a big splash with the colonials on this first-ever visit by a member of the Royal Family. The first basin of the new Navy Yard was named after him and the second after his mother.

Products and services

The complex houses over 450 retail outlets, including fashion, homeware and curios, to jewellery, leather goods and audio-visual equipment. The V&A Waterfront is also still a working harbour and fishing boats bring in fresh fish, and larger container ships are towed in by tugboats.

Developments

The Waterfront has seen development in its new Silo district, which currently houses the new headquarters of Allan Gray Investment Management at Silo 1 and apartments at Silo 2. The project was completed in 2017 with the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, a Virgin Active gym and a hotel in the works.[2]

Features in the waterfront

Gallery

  • Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
    Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Swing Bridge
    Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Swing Bridge
  • The Two Oceans Aquarium
    The Two Oceans Aquarium
  • Cape Town Waterfront harbour
    Cape Town Waterfront harbour
  • Victoria & Alfred Hotel at V&A Waterfront
    Victoria & Alfred Hotel at V&A Waterfront
  • V&A Waterfront clock tower
    V&A Waterfront clock tower

References

  1. ^ Philani Nombembe, "V&A Waterfront contributes almost R200 billion to SA economy, retail sales grow again", Sunday Times, 26 January 2015
  2. ^ Greve, Natalie. "V&A Waterfront commits further R1.5bn to Silo district development". Retrieved 2015-08-30.

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