Making downtown less dodgy (Urban renewal in South Africa)

The Economist ^ | Jan 12th 2013

[MinorityRepublican]

DAYLIGHT filters through the ether in Africa’s tallest residential building, a brutalist cylindrical skyscraper with a hollow core that drops 54 floors to a ragged base of exposed bedrock. The view into the interior is eerie, a dim light giving it a sci-fi feel that recalls the film “Blade Runner”. But the outward-facing windows offer breathtakingly clear views, some of the best in Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital.

Ponte City was a posh address when it opened in 1975 at the edge of what was then the trendy inner-city district of Hillbrow, during the race-segregated era when central Johannesburg boomed. Ambitious developers planned to add an indoor ski slope inside the building.

[DH]

Anyone who actually believes this article is ripe to join the Democrat party.

South Africa is a mirror for Detroit and the same animals made it that way.

[tbw2]

They would do more to make the nation safe by legalizing self defense.

[cunning_fish]

Feral negro population can’t mix with civilization. That is not a racist statement, just a matter of fact and this video proves it.
It worth mentioning you can see about 99% black population in this video and activists who want to make a cesspool any better are all white old people.

[winodog]

I likes the fancy words they used to describe the “renewal”