Expat

Farewell 2017, Hello 2018

The holiday is over and it's back to reality.  New posts are already in the works.  In the meantime, just in case you missed them the first time around or just really really want to read them again, here's a quick round-up of Expatorama's top posts from 2017. Ponte Tower I had read about the… Continue reading Farewell 2017, Hello 2018

Apartheid, Expat, Johannesburg

Ponte Tower: A Tale of Glamour, Garbage and Gritty Regeneration

Johannesburg's Ponte Tower is infamous, notorious and really really interesting.  It embodies the former decadence, ensuing decay and current regeneration of the City of Gold.  It's a brutalist, concrete hollow cylinder of a building in the city's Central Business District (CBD).  The tallest residential building in Africa, it rises 55 stories tall and along with the… Continue reading Ponte Tower: A Tale of Glamour, Garbage and Gritty Regeneration