Gauteng / A LANDMARK STORY
Ponte City.
A hollow cylindrical tower in Berea, once Africa’s tallest apartment building, and still the most unmistakable shape on the Joburg skyline.
Photo: Geoffrey Hancock · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Where
- Berea, Johannesburg
- Height
- 54 storeys
- Completed
- 1975
The story behind it.
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).
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