Strand Street's African daisy-styled pedestrian artwork crossing, situated at the St George's Mall intersection. Designed by Heather Moore, it was installed in late 2025Artwork on a major pedestrian crossing in Strand StreetView southwards down Strand Street, from the St. George's Mall intersectionThe dotted blue line in this map indicates the original Cape Town CBDshoreline. Strand Street is visible below and to the left of it
Strand Street is a major road in Cape Town CBD, the economic centre of Cape Town, South Africa.[1][2] It crosses the CBD north to south, just behind the Foreshore area, running from the southern part of Green Point, to the start of the northeastern part of District Six.
East of the city centre, Strand Street passes under the N2 freeway, to which it is connected by ramps. It continues as New Market Street and then Albert Street, eventually becoming Voortrekker Road, the original road route from Cape Town to Bellville and the interior. West of the centre it becomes High Level Road to Sea Point.
Features
At its widest (to the south), Strand Street has eight passenger vehicle lanes - four in each direction - plus wide pavements on both sides of the road, and a wide, bricked median dividing it.
Unlike numerous other large roads in the Cape Town CBD, Strand Street does not feature bicycle lanes, however it crosses streets that do.
The street has one of Cape Town CBD's busiest pedestrian crossings, situated at the St George's Mall intersection. A new African daisy-themed crosswalk, the culmination of six months of work, was unveiled in this spot in late 2025. Designer Heather Moore had to work within the constraints of legal-road-paint legislation and said she chose daisies because they're, "happy, everyday flowers".[6][7]
The project, which received a positive response from road users, was driven by nonprofit Mission for Inner City Cape Town, which works to bring private money to public spaces, improving safety and comfort for residents.[7]
Notable addresses
Cape Town Station (the largest in the city for its Metrorail train system) and the surrounding precinct, which has been redeveloped in recent years[8]
Strand Street Quarry, bordering the suburbs of Bo-Kaap and De Waterkant, is the largest of three quarries in the Bo-Kaap, the oldest quarry in South Africa, and the source of stone quarried for use in the construction of various historic buildings in the area[11]
