Pretoria - South Africa [Archive]

Oaronuviss

February 3rd, 2003, 06:56 AM

I personally think this city is a beauty... what do you think? :)
http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87811334/gallery/Pretoria.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/35/72451726_62e351aeff_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/350240243_6847afddef_b.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/downtown20johannesburg-1.jpg

SeeMacau

February 3rd, 2003, 08:16 AM

Very similar to other South Africa's cities

SteelCity32

February 4th, 2003, 02:19 AM

I like it. Nice and simple. 7.5/10

DrumCorpsAlum

February 26th, 2003, 05:22 PM

A little spread out and a bit boxy. 6/10.

Wu-Gambino

February 28th, 2003, 02:40 AM

Good for Africa! 8

X-seed 4000

February 28th, 2003, 02:45 AM

Not too shabby! 7.5/10

sOmeOne

February 28th, 2003, 02:51 AM

YAY!! Come on ppl, it's Africa!! Give it a 9!

BGT

April 18th, 2003, 11:39 PM

8/10

renell

April 19th, 2003, 10:39 AM

6.5 it's good, not bad..

TropicalSQ744

April 19th, 2003, 06:01 PM

Great skyline considering it's an African city! :guns1:

7/10

Venezuelacom

April 20th, 2003, 05:27 AM

I like this city specially downtown 7.5/10;)

Mr. Detroit

April 20th, 2003, 06:41 AM

WOW!!! AFRICA?!?! 9.5/10

Dennis

June 9th, 2003, 05:40 PM

afrika?
what the $%#%

8/10

Fabio

August 19th, 2003, 05:27 AM

6.5/10

it looks ok.

Orodreth

September 28th, 2003, 05:00 AM

I have lived in this city, and it is much better IMO than nearby Joburg.
However, the skyline is not that outstanding 7/10

Big!

September 28th, 2003, 01:11 PM

6.5/10

September 28th, 2003, 01:30 PM

7.5/10

ParraMan

January 13th, 2004, 09:31 PM

7

Though I think now 7.5, has a nice collection of office/government buildings, with some nice height. The taller buildings seem a bit too spread out though, would be nicer to have some fill in and added density, good pics Oaronuviss, have you travelled to all thses cities?

Schroedinger's Cat

April 5th, 2004, 02:36 PM

7/10

skylover

April 6th, 2004, 06:07 AM

Good for a capital city.
6/10

Henk

October 19th, 2004, 05:33 PM

http://www.backpackers-ritz.co.za/pics/pretoria.jpg http://home.tiscali.be/pajottenland/za/dag12/Pretoria.JPG

http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87811334/gallery/Pretoria.jpg

http://www.icon.co.za/~mikek/Pretoria.jpg

7.5/10.

GUTO4EVER

October 19th, 2004, 11:25 PM

Not so bad... 7

marpa

October 9th, 2005, 11:53 PM

Henk, thanks for fotos :okay:

8 / 10

SoboleuS

October 10th, 2005, 12:40 AM

Really nice surprise :okay:
7,5/10

B@dGuYoM

October 12th, 2005, 06:31 PM

8/10

Æsahættr

October 12th, 2005, 11:29 PM

Nice... I thought Pertoria was filled with office lowrises.

dysan1

November 3rd, 2005, 11:09 PM

Considering its our capital and so close to Joburg, its not bad at all

thryve

November 3rd, 2005, 11:20 PM

I'll take Joburg... but Pretoria has a pleasant skyline with the parliament buildings positioned interestingly...

El_Greco

November 4th, 2005, 03:38 AM

8/10

Blue_Sky

November 4th, 2005, 07:29 AM

7.5/10

Harkeb

November 18th, 2005, 04:59 AM

seven

forvine

March 8th, 2006, 10:46 AM

7/10

skipperBill

March 10th, 2006, 07:38 PM

7/10.

SDfan

March 11th, 2006, 05:05 AM

Not bad at all.

Jules

March 11th, 2006, 06:05 AM

One of the better African skylines I've seen. 7.5/10

ZimasterX

March 11th, 2006, 06:46 AM

8/10 Wow, it actually looks pretty nice, also goood to see a definate skyline.

Sinjin P.

May 29th, 2006, 01:52 PM

7/10

Accura4Matalan

May 29th, 2006, 05:24 PM

7.5/10

oli4

May 29th, 2006, 06:54 PM

8/10

sharpie20

May 29th, 2006, 07:50 PM

I've never heard of this city, but it looks pretty impressive! 8/10

LMCA1990

June 18th, 2006, 10:17 AM

8/10- very green, modern and dense.

nano2192

June 18th, 2006, 07:21 PM

Good for africa...impresive..7.5/10

krull

July 1st, 2006, 06:10 PM

Looks fine! 7.5

pleamir

July 4th, 2006, 04:08 PM

> http://skyscrapercity.com/showthrea...&threadid=18362 One of the nice skyline city in ASIA,,,>>BANGKOK<<<< is one in your dream...

cmoonflyer

July 4th, 2006, 04:10 PM

8/10!

Stiggen

July 4th, 2006, 07:22 PM

6,5/10

diz

July 4th, 2006, 08:48 PM

> http://skyscrapercity.com/showthrea...&threadid=18362 One of the nice skyline city in ASIA,,,>>BANGKOK<<<< is one in your dream...

WTF? This is about Pretoria. Not Bangkok.

Very impressive city. 9/10

You are to blame

July 4th, 2006, 09:12 PM

Pretoria
http://static.flickr.com/35/72451726_62e351aeff_o.jpg

You are to blame

July 4th, 2006, 09:42 PM

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/dr_rett/Pretoria/IMG_0157.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/dr_rett/Pretoria/IMG_0156.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/dr_rett/Pretoria/IMG_0155.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e218/RRSS/RS%20South%20Africa/SouthAfrica305.jpg

Very Controversial

October 17th, 2006, 03:36 PM

6.5/10

Dreamlıneя

October 17th, 2006, 06:15 PM

8/10 :)

Paulo2004

October 18th, 2006, 08:50 PM

9. WONDERFUL CITY.

Dallas star

October 19th, 2006, 02:07 AM

A nice little city

You are to blame

February 10th, 2007, 07:52 PM

Pretoria (Tshwane)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/196190514_e2716bc071_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/352714480_7ef0345193_o.jpg
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thryve

February 10th, 2007, 08:45 PM

^^ Why do I see a crane in the third picture of Pretoria there? (look far right)

skytrax

February 10th, 2007, 08:48 PM

ESPETACULAIRE

AhChuan

February 12th, 2007, 03:31 AM

^^ Why do I see a crane in the third picture of Pretoria there? (look far right)

New building...I guess. Hahaha....

Btw, nice city. I like it. 7.5/10.

chinatown

February 13th, 2007, 04:02 AM

oh nice
6/10

skyscraper_1

February 13th, 2007, 07:01 AM

Impressive for Africa! 8/10

Llinass

February 13th, 2007, 10:34 AM

7/10

ZZ-II

April 9th, 2007, 07:32 PM

great, 7.5/10

Jakes1

June 29th, 2007, 04:25 PM

Pretoria/City of Tshwane is the capital of South Africa

The Union Buildings
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/301735561_e4af49fdde_o.jpg

Looking west over the CBD from the Union Building gardens
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/301835973_c9d39dc93b_o.jpg

Looking north, the Union Buildings in the distance
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/38655845jnb172ry4.jpg

University of South Africa (UNISA), one of the largest distance education universities in the world. The Telkom Tower can be seen as well.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/38655844jnb171bd4.jpg

The City Centre
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/38655840jnb144iz1.jpg

The city as seen from the north-west.
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/downtown20johannesburg-1.jpg

City Centre, with jacarandas in full bloom
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/pretoriacityeh1.jpg

Faisal

June 29th, 2007, 09:13 PM

Nice 7/10

MasonicStage™

June 30th, 2007, 12:11 AM

amazing! 9/10 ;)

LMCA1990

June 30th, 2007, 03:55 AM

7/10 - small, but very nice city.

maldave

October 25th, 2007, 03:38 PM

New building...I guess. Hahaha....

Btw, nice city. I like it. 7.5/10.

That crane that u c far right is just a renovation of a building. Even though nowa days Pretoria does have a few new comers but could do a lot better.

Its my home town/ city:cheers:

Brisbaner21

October 26th, 2007, 04:12 AM

Not bad, I like the centre black building. 7/10

Skyman

November 3rd, 2007, 01:48 AM

Not really bad 7/10

noob(but not really)

November 4th, 2007, 08:54 PM

6/10

meds

November 4th, 2007, 08:57 PM

nice one
jacarandas looks awesome!!!

6,5/10

Brad

November 8th, 2007, 01:23 PM

Quall

November 11th, 2007, 10:30 PM

7.5/10 ;)

Impressive.

Kailyas

January 11th, 2008, 11:31 AM

7/10

Jakes1

January 16th, 2008, 06:08 PM

City looks amazing currently because of all the rain we had this summer.

Jakes1

January 16th, 2008, 06:19 PM

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/DSC00981.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/DSC00980.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/DSC00975.jpg

Lydon

January 20th, 2008, 01:10 PM

Loving the pics from the last post.

FloridaFuture

January 21st, 2008, 04:33 PM

6.5/10
South Africa is carrying the torch for Africa :)

Pruim

February 17th, 2008, 04:51 PM

Nice for African standards 5.5/10

JoHaN 15

April 16th, 2008, 05:37 PM

I really like PTA, it's alot better than Johannesburg(dirty,backwards). Could use a couple of modern buildings and a signature tall one so i gave it a 9/10. PRAESTANTIA PRAEVALEAT PRAETORIA!!!

Jakes1

April 16th, 2008, 06:09 PM

I really like PTA, it's alot better than Johannesburg(dirty,backwards). Could use a couple of modern buildings and a signature tall one so i gave it a 9/10. PRAESTANTIA PRAEVALEAT PRAETORIA!!!

Wouldnt refer to jozi as dirty or backwards... pretoria is more relaxed, less business orientated. In terms of the City Centres Jozi is cleaner, safer and it has loads more entertainment, great architecture, restaurants when compared to pretoria's rather bland nationalistic 1970's architecture.

In Pretoria I love the Union Buildings, Church Sqaure (and Cafe Riche), and the best Skyscraper in South Africa - the 40F South African Reserve Bank Building (1988). That is the big black one that people keep mentioning.

But Jozi has the money - and its municipality is doing more than Tshwane (Pretoria) in terms of refuse removal, safety and security and attracting investment. Comparison? in Jozi CBD you have headquarters for Anglo American, Anglo Ashanti, BHP Billiton, ABSA, FNB, Standard Bank and many more. In Pretoria CBD you have government departments, thats all.

So in my view Pretoria has always been more relaxed than Jozi, but in terms of culture, vibe and money, Pretoria is a tad less progressive.

JoHaN 15

April 19th, 2008, 12:33 AM

Comparison? in Jozi CBD you have headquarters for Anglo American, Anglo Ashanti, BHP Billiton, ABSA, FNB, Standard Bank and many more.

Wow, My dad works at BHP billiton!

True, but johannesburg could do alot better, ive seen no new, proposed or currently under construction buildings in Johannesburg, Gauteng for that matter, in the past 10 years. They just never realize.:ohno:

Centurion got a mall revamp though (:banana::banana:)
But the africa conference centre was proposed, construction to start Nov 2007, never even started to excavate.
Also the centurion lake tower (30fl) proposed, been more than a year later and still nothin'.

We just dont have a need for building high. I mean why build high if there's loads of land to develop.
Gauteng is just stagnant...