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A major draw-card for the northern side is The Baron Restaurant. Along the Witkoppen Road banks, new developments have formed, with the southern side featuring an organic lawn nursery, large tree nursery and a ceramic pot centre, 'The Village Green' lifestyle Emporium, whilst the northern side features a recently opened car dealership and a small pub.
It remains the tallest building in South Africa, and in sub-Saharan Africa. Carlton Centre is a skyscraper and shopping centre located in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres (730 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years and stands at about half the height of the Willis Tower (the former Sears Tower) in Chicago.
South Africa: Johannesburg Southern Life Centre [57] 138 m (453 ft) 30: 1973: South Africa: Johannesburg NIB Bank Headquarters [58] 137 m (449 ft) 35 2022 Ethiopia Addis Ababa Old Mutual Centre [59] 137 m (449 ft) 33: 1995: South Africa: Durban Portside Tower [60] 136.4 m (448 ft) 30: 2014: South Africa: Cape Town: Casablanca Finance City Tower ...
The area referred to as Fourways (which is a collection of suburbs, including the traditional suburb of Fourways) is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 Winnie Mandela Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road.
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa.At 223 metres (732 ft), it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.
The Johannesburg city hall while still under construction. A competition was held in 1909 to design a new Town Hall. Only South African resident architects were allowed to take part and entries were judged by Leonard Stokes, Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a decision was made in March 1910.
Ponte City [1] 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.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city (both chronologically and geographically).It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.