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Some of the paving layouts and newly planted trees.
as such, recommended its transformation from a traditional shop-and-go precinct into a recreational space. Hedwig Crooijmans-lemmer of Gapp Architects and Urban Designers commented: “By providing more leisure space we wanted to encourage shops and restaurants to spill out onto the sidewalks. “We took our cue from other sections of Hermanus which
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have been redeveloped over the past five-to-ten years, including some of the earlier paving projects. We looked at Gearing’s Point and Market Square where the paving was well received by the local community and has held up well, and we decided to create a sense of place in High Street using the same visual language. This is why we chose C.E.L.’s concrete pavers which had been used on the earlier projects.” n
