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  1. Ponte City - Wikipedia

    • Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Berea district of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow. It was built in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), and was the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa for 48 years, until overtaken in 2023 by Building D01, in Egypt's New Administrative Capital. The 55-storey building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowin… See more

    History

    The principal designer of Ponte was Mannie Feldman, working in a team together with Manfred Hermer and … See more

    In photography, film, and literature

    Photographers have been drawn to Ponte City since its inception, beginning with world-renowned David Goldblatt, who worked in the inner city from 1948 to the 21st century. South African photographer Mikhael Su… See more

     
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  2. Inside Johannesburg's Infamous Ponte City Tower - ArchDaily

  3. Ponte Tower – Johannesburg, South Africa - Atlas Obscura

  4. A Jaw-Dropping Tour Inside Johannesburg’s Ponte City

  5. How Johannesburg's Ponte City Came to Symbolize …

    Feb 21, 2017 · Ponte City, Africa’s tallest apartment block, is a mainstay of movies about the end of the world—but it was once an apartheid-era architectural triumph. A view of the 54-story Ponte Tower...

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    Jul 21, 2023 · The view of Johannesburg from the Ponte City skyscraper is breathtaking, but the tower is struggling to shrug off its reputation as a symbol of a dilapidated inner city.

  8. Ponte City: A Portrait of Johannesburg - LensCulture

    Ponte City was, once, a tower of dreams — a specific, Apartheid-era dream. The residential tower was first envisioned in the 1970s, at the height of Apartheid confidence and white Johannesburg’s economic boom.

  9. Ponte City, Inside and Out - 2Summers

  10. Why Hillbrow’s Ponte Tower is worth the visit

    Jan 22, 2019 · One such building is the Telkom Jo’burg Tower, also known as the Hillbrow Tower, which at 269 metres is the tallest structure in South Africa. Built in 1971, the top of the tower was once a revolving restaurant and nightclub.

  11. Storied Ambivalence for Johannesburg’s Ponte City …

    The Ponte City Tower is a prominent high rise residential tower in Johannesburg’s central Hillbrow Neighborhood. “For many, the building symbolizes Johannesburg—because, over the past four decades, its fortunes …

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