Johannesburg - South Africa

[SteelCity32]

http://www.southalabama.edu/africa/images/Johannesburg.gif

http://www.natashamostert.com/images/johannesburg.jpg

http://www.artthrob.co.za/02nov/images/chill02a.jpg

http://www.valuer.co.za/cbrichardellis/cb2b.jpg

[De Snor]

This huge city is rather unknown in this forum :(

At first sight it looks a little messy , but looking closer at the 2nd pic it desserves some credit

[Oaronuviss]

Mmm, a fair 5.5

I think it's actually rather sloppy... cool city... just kinda ugly skyline sadly. :(

[kiku99]

The skyline is pretty big...but skyscrapers are not that nice.

[X-seed 4000]

Pros: Density!

Cons: Bad architecture!

Overall... If I were drunk I'd wanna visit :D

7.0/10

[dweezy]

I agree with kuku and X-Seed, nice clusters but the individual buildings look rather plain. probalby the best in Africa though, right?

7/10

[Levent]

Most South African towers were built in the 70s and I think that gives the city a very different feel. I'm a fan of different looking towers however because all the buildings are in some sort of harmony I think Johannesburg isn't bad.

[Tony 175]

Awful.
Its looks like Gangus Khan got drunk, s**t himself and threw stones in the groynd that now make up its "buildings."

great pics btw.

[sOmeOne]

well, heck dude - it's Africa! I never thought that they have any cities at all!!
9/10, just cuz it's African :D

[ryanr]

pretty good....7/10

[BGT]

7/10

[TropicalSQ744]

It has a focus point.. But really unbalanced, the skyline that is.. :bash: But still, good skyline for an African country.. :) Could have done better though, since its the capital of South Africa :D

8/10

BTW DUDE!! Those are checkboxes!! WHat have you been thinking??!! LOL :bash: :D

[Mandoza]

Johannesburg isnt South Africa's capital. Its the biggest by far, but the capital is Pretoria - another cool city which probably has a nicer looking more modern skyline.
The thing that strikes me most about JHB is its size. Damn the place is massive! Even though alot of its buildings are boring 1960s boxes and it doesnt have a great deal of height, its skyline stretches for miles and miles. Its hard to find a pic that captures the entire skyline of downtown Joburg and the very dense high-rise district of Hillbrow. Those pics hardly do it any justice whatsoever!
I give Joburg an 7... mainly for its size and that mega-city look.

[schmidt]

8.5/10
very good!

[alex3000]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8.0

[Wu-Gambino]

8/10

[Maconia]

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No offense guy but I would much rather live in a big South African city (Cape Town, Durban, Jo'burg) than a russian one. Better weather ,music and food, you know.

But no, actually there a couple of a growing skylines in Africa but Jo'burg seems to be the best.
But here are some more pics on Jo'burg.

http://www.uni-kiel.de:8080/Geographie/Baehr/Projekte/jhb.jpg
http://i.timeinc.net/TFK/media/specials/graphics/021029_gp_safrica/sightseeing/johannesburg.jpg
http://faculty.luther.edu/~klammerm/photos/Joburg.jpg
http://www.aboutravel.co.za/Articles/aboutTravel/joburg%20pic.jpg
http://wildsensations.homestead.com/files/Jhb_Skyline.jpg

I gave it an 8

[Fabio]

8/10




the last pics helped a lot.

[Javier]

7/10

need more pictures

[joburg]

Well those are pretty old pictures...

There are much better ones out there, you know...

go to http://www.pbase.com/joburg and check out my pics... should give you more of an idea of what the city really looks like.

http://http://www.joburg.org.za/gallery/cityscapes/Hillbrow_sunset.jpg

As for my rating.... a 10. But then again, I am biased... :D

PS... SOmeOne, why didn't you expect there to be any cities in Africa? It's not a continent of savages and lions, you know... The infrastructure in Johannesburg is very similar to other cities in say, the USA for example...

[Big!]

7.5/10

[Kommentare]

8.0/10 :)

[SeeMacau]

Best African skyline !!

Dense and the skyline is big, need some more nicer buildings

9/10

[bay_area]

http://www.uni-kiel.de:8080/Geographie/Baehr/Projekte/jhb.jpg

I really like this picture. The skyline looks very dense from this angle.

[DnH]

got any pics of Hillbrow?

[SoboleuS]

The best African skyline. :cool: 8.5/10

[Orfeo]

6/10

[clive330]

Its amazing how awful some of these photos have been. Joburg aint pretty but it is big. Check these out.

The CBD stretches out of this photo on 3 sides:
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v330/clive3300/aerial.jpg

Density - not much under 15 stories
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v330/clive3300/joburg2.jpg

From the edge of the financial district looking into highrise apartment jungle
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v330/clive3300/hillbrow.jpg

[clive330]

Closeups of CBD
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/Trust3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/KwaDukuzaTower2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/Diagonal.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/ConsolidatedBuilding.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/AutoGen.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/SageLife2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/JRA.jpg

[i_am_hydrogen]

8.5/10. Very impressive, quite dense and extensive, with some nice canyons from what those pictures showed. Aesthetically, however, it leaves a little something to be desired.

[MattSal]

Good density and clustering, but a few more talls couldn't hurt. I give it a 7.5/10.

[You are to blame]

http://photos13.flickr.com/14379530_9faeb2c8d7_o.jpg

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[nova]

7/10.

[SDfan]

Ugly, but dense...7/10

[dysan1]

come on it aint bad. granted, there are no real stand out buildings, but the density from groundlevel is good. only pity is that not many major business operate from downtown anymore.

but 8/10 for me

[datilguy]

9.5....great skyline :)

[nerazzurri]

BTW, its not that bad. I expected it to be a bit better, but oh well.... 7.5

[Parzival]

7/10

[B@dGuYoM]

6.5/10

[Shohad]

9, could be a little taller but its great!

[Effer]

7/10 Nice!

[skipperBill]

http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v330/clive3300/hillbrow.jpg

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

This is the most dense among all African skylines and a top contender among the worlds skylines..10/10

[RafflesCity]

No racist comments here. Next time we see that from the same person he will be brigged/banned.

[Siopao]

7.5/10 :)

[El_Greco]

8/10

[_zner_]

its far of what ive been expected.. very nice..

[marpa]

Best African skyline !!!

10/10

[Valia]

7/10

some talls are high and quite dense but no original skyscarpers

[Æsahættr]

Best African skyline EVERRR!

Go Jo'Burg!
8.5/10

[Muyangguniang]

9,5 for Johannesbourg!

[cwilson758]

Great looking! I have never been to SA, but I definitely plan to. I always promote this country and its cities, even though I haven't been there. It just seems so fascinating!

[Filter]

It looks really good 8.5/10

[Han17]

I am surprise at this city in Africa. 7.5/10

[DRAKKO]

6.5/10

[lancetop]

Certainly nothing to write home about~ I would have thought it would be more developed and impressive. Uninspiring.

5.

[Sinjin P.]

6/10

[Paulo2004]

Although Joburg's skyline in the 70' and 80's was simply awesome, it has now become plain and unmodern. I know there is lots of construction going on in suburbian Johannesburg, especially in the new middle/upper -class suburbs, but the city centre and surroundings have stopped in time. No tall skyscraper has been built and down town Johannesburg is just simply out of fashion or just simply uncontemporary.

[ferguz]

http://www.synrgistic.com/eclipse2001/gfx_grd/2_062.jpg
http://geomicro.utk.edu/images/Arrival/joburg%20skyline.jpg
http://blogalice.com/misc/DSC02090.jpg
http://www.friendlyplanet.com/images/dusk-johannesburg-big.jpg
http://www.omniplan.hu/2004-SA/Day21-Johannesburg/P1080792-ModernCityCenter.JPG
http://zar.co.za/images/gal/jo.jpg

[chinatown]

the best in Africa
8/10

[You are to blame]

I just love this pic
http://photos13.flickr.com/14379530_9faeb2c8d7_o.jpg

[LordMarshall]

8/10

[LANative]

8.5/10.

[Harkeb]

Some taken (whilst driving) a couple of weeks back- 15 Feb 2006

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/harkerb/CopyofPIC_0084.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/harkerb/Joburg2.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/harkerb/Joburg4.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/harkerb/Joburg6.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/harkerb/Joburg5.jpg

[forvine]

7.5/10

[Shafick]

Best African skyline... 10 points

:cheers:

[Stiggen]

7/10

[xuite]

9/10

It's my home country.Excellent skyline!

[Very Controversial]

7.5/10

[cmoonflyer]

A city rated by me-8+/10 - though I had been to it three years ago !

[Dreamlıneя]

9/10 :)

[Dallas star]

Nice 10/10
Whats the pop of Johannesburg hope is spelled that right.

[SactoSpam]

One of the best skylines in Africa -- 9.5/10

[Nixx_900816]

da best african skyline!! 2 bad those pics dont show all da buildings:ohno: othawise da ratings wud hav been higher..onli durban cums close to it..9/10

[N.I.C.E.]

cool skyline. 9/10. no ugly skyscapers. needs some new talls. the carlton is outstanding.

[You are to blame]

Johannesburg, South Africa

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[sebvill]

7/10.

[Blue_Sky]

A great 7/10 from me

[ZZ-II]

7/10

[Jakes1]

An arial view of the Johannesburg skyline
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/515152864_2678ec8787_o.jpg

From the west, looking east
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/joburgmu5.jpg

Looking west, towards Aukland Park and the suburbs
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/196249317_faeffd70a6_b.jpg

The Nelson Mandela Bridge
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/95017188_9a5e56e3af_b.jpg

Telkom Tower during thunderstorm
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/telkom1.jpg

The Northern suburbs
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/CIMG4734.jpg

Streetscene, downtown
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/563493936_b3a7e266c7_o.jpg

[You are to blame]

this is a great pic

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/joburgmu5.jpg

[You are to blame]

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[mic]

Sunrise/Sunset, Johannesburg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/427167856_4815b2c0f1_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/6/86615837_e49cf2bff8_b.jpg

Johannesburg Night

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/272970667_fd8dbe6ed5_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/72755650_4037c39253_b.jpg

Johannesburg, Density

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/158193797_8c486b4a43_b.jpg

[diz]

wonderful shots! 8/10

[Brisbaner21]

7/10.... its not a bad skyline at all, but it really needs to densen up IMO.

[Skyman]

The Best city in Africa

[Kame]

huge? yes. beautiful? no. but still impressive. 7/10

[krull]

It looks descent. 8.5/10

[Sebastian21]

7.5/10

[Nout]

I like it! 7.5/10

[Kailyas]

7.5/10

[Pule]

I thought I should share more of street level and so forth. I hope you enjoy. The city have changed so much from what it used to look like in the past couple of years Thanks to Johannesburg Development Agency. I hope you enjoy these photos.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/P1060380.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/P1060387.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/P1060364.jpg

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[dajumper]

ugly city, evil accent!

[Paulo2004]

8/10

[Jakes1]

We need a couple of new towers in the city centre. A few 10F buildings are currently going up, but we need a gleaming glass tower imo.

Dreaming dreaming

[kamil.bukowski]

5/10

[Lydon]

Hopefully we'll see some more really high rises soon.

Another view of the Skyline from almost above New Ponte:

http://www.southafrica.to/provinces/Gauteng/towns/Johannesburg/Johannesburg.jpg

And more at night:

http://www.cape-town.org/images/jgmain.jpg

http://www.afripics.com/images/stockart/WWK/Z2_979.jpg

[FloridaFuture]

looks very livable but it needs a centerpice scraper
7/10

[SouthFloridaBoy]

I Like it ...8/10

[Kailyas]

nice city

[Lydon]

Here's a few more pics:

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs4/i/2004/206/7/0/tower_of_doom.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs20/i/2007/303/d/5/Hillbrow_Skyline_by_gordkl.jpg

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs7/300W/i/2006/002/4/6/Christmas_Eve_by_The_Punctuationator.jpg

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/36/4/0/Mourning_Sky_v2.jpg

[Comfortably Numb]

I'll give it a 9/10...I like it, despite the negative comments in here. It could do with a bit of renovation though + a couple of new 'scrapers to add to the skyline.

[Sound.]

7/10

[Lydon]

Me again :P

http://l.yimg.com/www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/49502066_9d26d5aafb.jpg?v=0

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/272970667_fd8dbe6ed5.jpg?v=0

[Pruim]

Best in Africa 6.5/10

[DamienK]

7/10

[Harkeb]

Pretty decent for a skyline that hasn't changed in 20 years! The CBD is coming to live again though...hopefully a blinging new centre piece scraper would be announced soon.

[Gertzy]

I enjoyed the photos, 8.5/10.

I heard that the Ponte City building was once considered the most dangerous building in South Africa or Johannesburg. Is this still the case today?

[Avens]

I love Jo'burg and the skyline's impressive, but it does need some modernising in my opinion. Two or three shiny new skyscrapers will make the skyline a 9. For now though 7.5.

[annman]

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/andresannman/Joburg-aerial.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/andresannman/JhbPanonight.jpg

[W!CKED]

7/10

[romanito]

9/10

[luci203]

Little Toronto.

8/10.

[Miguel_Prat]

6/10

[qymekkam]

the hills and the low rise buildings sort of remind me of san francisco

[dmagsteph]

7 / 10
The buildings already seems old but the city remains cool !

[romanito]

Great pictures in this thread, amazing city..

[LMCA1990]

Why does it say I gave it a 10/10 when I've never seen this thread? :wtf: Anyway, 9/10 :)

[briker]

8/

[sieradzanin1]

10/10

[Klausenburg]

I heard that the Ponte City building was once considered the most dangerous building in South Africa or Johannesburg. Is this still the case today?

No, here you can see a recent pic:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/P1070564.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f119/Puleza/P1070557.jpg

[Klausenburg]

There are 6 penthouse in The New Ponte, at 53 and 54 floors:



http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/3dpenthouse03.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/3denthouse05.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/3dpenthouse02.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa259/granova/3dpenthouse04.jpg

[gripen]

7/10

[tonyssa]

7.5/10

[passionate saffer]

like it. its richer than some european cities!

[henry hill]

7/10

[christos-greece]

9/10 :)

[HK999]

7/10.

[Jan Del Castillo]

7. Regards.

[KAZAN RESIDENT]

10/10 the best african city!!!

[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[heroico]

8/10

[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[KAZAN RESIDENT]

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[desertpunk]

It was great in 1977. Today, it's not so great. 6

[Nolin]

if u had to rate johannesburg on size it would be one of the biggest metropolitan areas in the world. I live in the northern suburbs and it takes an hour to drive from the top to the bottom of the city on the highway

[ovem]

wow! amazing city. It looks so american. 8.5/10 Well Johannesburg is a mega-city for sure but i don't think is one of the biggest cities worldwide when some cities reach 20 and 30 million

[xavarreiro]

7/10

[Nolin]

10/10 this is 21st century Africa at its best

[stefano1895]

8/10 cuz there is africas tallest