• 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)...
  • The history of Johannesburg 's Ponte City Apartments is a provocative one: built in 1975 and designed by Manfred Hermer as the height of luxurious (white-only)...
  • When built, Ponte City was seen as an extremely desirable address due to its location and views over Johannesburg, but it became infamous for its crime and poor...
  • In an inner-city neighbourhood gradually shedding its crime-riddled skin, Ponte is a symbol of the renaissance sweeping South Africa’s commercial capital.
  • For more than four decades, after all, the Ponte City tower, which juts out over downtown Johannesburg like a 54-story toilet-paper tube...
  • Now, Ponte City Apartments provide affordable & safe residence to the people of Johannesburg and the surrounding area.
  • Residents of that era claim the 11th and 12th floors of Ponte City were stripped bare.
  • There are even tours that will take you there, that is, if you dare! Ponte City at night Ponte City at night Johannesburg South Africa © Earth Hour (Flickr)...
  • The Ponte City building was once hijacked by gangs in 1990s Johannesburg and was piled high with bodies b…
  • Nothing sums up the changing fortunes of inner-city Jo'burg better than Ponte City, which can be visited on tours with Dlala Nje.