Post a picture/photo that shows the entire skyline of a city in Africa. :) Not half a skyline, or just some buildings, but the whole skyline!

Nairobi:

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3997/94099169aaddbb5791o4fm.jpg

This only shows Lagos Island (CBD) before the renovation work that has been commissioned. Most of the commercial development has ceased there and moved to VI in the past years but with the renovation it will come back to life, and we will hopefully see a sharp rise of more high-rise developments!

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/153/ikoyibaylagos6zt.jpg

Lagos looks so dull, if the sun was shining then BANG!!!

i am liking this thread

Durban (pic posted by Dysan1)

http://www.myimagehub.com/userfiles/dysan1/Copy%20%282%29%20of%202005-09-11%20012.JPG

these durban and j'borg looks alike!

Nope they couldn't be more different..

TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE DURBAN SKYLINE LOOKS A BIT MORE DENSE THAN JOZI

TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE DURBAN SKYLINE LOOKS A BIT MORE DENSE THAN JOZI

Not at all, Inertia's picture actually shows half of Jozi's skyline. This picture perhaps gives a better picture although not as clear as Inertia's picture.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/242/515152864_2678ec8787_o.jpg

So envious, all African city's need to be like this!!

Harare, Zimbabwe

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/394091536_4e5799c326_o.jpg

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t065/T065256A.jpg

Cape Town: by day

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/photos/9/6/8/0330869.jpg

Cape Town: by night

http://static.flickr.com/40/124556349_d54bc95427_b.jpg

So envious, all African city's need to be like this!!

In my opinion, there will be a good number of African cities like the ones above in about two decades if current growth trends for the continent continue.:)

Wtf, why was my post deleted?? I think we've got some Joburg (re. SA) haters among us.. BTW kulani great shot, shows the double decker highway nicely, methinks a cityscrapes update is in order..

Repost:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9808/joburgmu5.jpg

wow that last pic is a fab pic of jhb just shows how big its thou there other half is not in the pic

anyone got a full pic of luanda???

What´s that sort of diamond-shaped blueish building in Jo´Burg? A commercial building or a residential tower? It looks very appealing!

What´s that sort of diamond-shaped blueish building in Jo´Burg? A commercial building or a residential tower? It looks very appealing!

It is, ofcourse, the diamond building (commercial):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/Diagonal.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g102/joburgboy/31%20August%202006/DSCF4733.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y236/msv240586/Art%20And%20Architecture/Scenes%20From%20Johannesburg/ba79d7a1.jpg
http://k53.pbase.com/o4/97/563697/1/63218240.VRkqWSCS.WebDSC_7307.JPG

11 DIAGONAL STREET: Possibly the most well-liked building in Joburg is 11
Diagonal Street. Built in 1984, this glass building is built in the shape of a diamond, to represent the wealth that Joburg was built on.

Thanks for the information, Inertia, I like it!

Yup its a great building. Used to be the home of Anglo Gold Ashanti which is a joint SA/Ghanian company but they just moved out to a new place down the road. Dunno who is in there now. Hope it is not empty cos that would be a great shame!

Joburg is the king no doubt, but the thread for Lagos is not the best representation of the city.

my pic was deleted too...damn

Yup its a great building. Used to be the home of Anglo Gold Ashanti which is a joint SA/Ghanian company but they just moved out to a new place down the road. Dunno who is in there now. Hope it is not empty cos that would be a great shame!
the building was bought by Barclays/ABSA group a few months ago and they'll be using it for some of there offices

Sandton, the new financial district of Johannesburg which boosts the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as well as head-quarters of top investment banks, asset managers, one of the big retail banks, law firms, investment groups, brokerage firms etc.

http://sandtoncentral.co.za/images/galleries/scp_2006_17/001afternoonb.jpg

Joburg is the king no doubt, but the thread for Lagos is not the best representation of the city.

Yes, I know but I couldn´t find a better one showing the entire Marina´s skyline in Lagos!

Luanda - Full skyline - January 2007

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/361709651_122820345a_b.jpg

Bamako Mali - Full Skyline - 2004

http://toubab.com/uct_Index/The_Mali_Trip/Mt24/Mt24e/Mt24f/Mt24g/Mt24h/bs21.jpg

closer look at some of the new buildings in Luanda, very nice

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/307596902_4f59ae2a0c_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/450481900_cc6ab963df_b.jpg

American embassy

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/460622323_eae4d9dfb6_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/131642366_536c0b2f86_b.jpg

Harare, Zimbabwe

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/394091536_4e5799c326_o.jpg

Beautiful and modern skyline

ya luanda is killer its the star of africa in terms of sc going up at the moment"IMO" watch this space is what i say

Guangzhou
http://www.the9safe.com/tmp/0703/05017_oY7FwNWz8FqQPOtYRW3q.jpg

ya luanda is killer its the star of africa in terms of sc going up at the moment"IMO" watch this space is what i say

Angola is a trail-blazer and i have to agree with you, that in a few years time, we are going to see some kind of a glitzy skyline in Angola if current momentum in construction is sustained.

:banana:

Guangzhou
http://www.the9safe.com/tmp/0703/05017_oY7FwNWz8FqQPOtYRW3q.jpg

This is african forum and skyscraper.....its not asking for china's skyscrapers

Bamako Mali - Full Skyline - 2004

http://toubab.com/uct_Index/The_Mali_Trip/Mt24/Mt24e/Mt24f/Mt24g/Mt24h/bs21.jpg

man u shouldnt have post this pics....where is the skyline lol....

Hey kulani or anyone from SA. Can u see sandton from the skyline of j'burg posted?

Nope, sandton is quite far away from the CBD

est algiers

http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/stniemin/pics/alger05/IMG_2234_view%20from%20balcony.JPG

^^ Looks good, didn't expect to see so many trees there!

^^ Looks good, didn't expect to see so many trees there!

i like it like that!

CORNICHE OUEST
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6389/img2287mz6.jpg
CORNICHE EST
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9356/img2282ry5.jpg

^^ Has potential but looks terribly rundown for one f the continent's key cities.

Hey kulani or anyone from SA. Can u see sandton from the skyline of j'burg posted?
actually you can see both skylines from joburg's 3rd CBD midrand"each cbd is pretty big each would easily be impressive in most other African countries"
but there loads of low-rise hightech"very east asia " buildings in midrand they havent caught onto the highrise thing yet
ps algiers est tres beau je n'ai pas su l'horizon ressemble a celui :)

heres a pic of the luanda skyline 2/3 but tis a couple months old thou
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/hsark/untitled-4.jpg
its my background forgot who was the original poster thou
ps not all the new towers are in the same area

heres a pic of the luanda skyline 2/3 but tis a couple months old thou
its my background forgot who was the original poster thou
ps not all the new towers are in the same area

Luanda's skyline is definately the one to watch. I think its going to be really nice. The current GDP growth of 27% + is just going to see the modern highrises mushroom everywhere. That's what you do with petro dollars, invest in infrastructure and grow other sectors. :banana:

^^ Has potential but looks terribly rundown for one f the continent's key cities.

Why you spect to see much more ...:wtf:

Originally Posted by GregPz
Has potential but looks terribly rundown for one f the continent's key cities.


to which city are you alluding?

I was talking about Dakar. It's one of Africa's gateway cities but in those photos it's sadly looking very uncared for.

I was talking about Dakar. It's one of Africa's gateway cities but in those photos it's sadly looking very uncared for.

The you should visit the Dakar photo section! I agree with you as far as the road pic is concerned but the pic showing the water looks nice to me!

The you should visit the Dakar photo section! I agree with you as far as the road pic is concerned but the pic showing the water looks nice to me!

Darkar still needs a bit of work and TLC, i wish someone can show more recent pictures of Accra, which looks much more cleaner and organized especially around the conference center and the new Airport city area.

The you should visit the Dakar photo section! I agree with you as far as the road pic is concerned but the pic showing the water looks nice to me!

very interesting city i must say. I got to know of it because of the famous Dakar race.

Look well to both pictures you will see that not just new buildings where raise but also the small slum near the old colonial factory is gone; even some green come into sight

Luanda Skyline 2004

http://photos.hi5.com/0002/634/617/DEfJoy634617-02.jpg

Luanda Skyline 2007

http://photos.hi5.com/0002/509/662/oKVHbD509662-02.jpg

85% of The Lagos Marina Skyline. This Pic doesn't show the alakija Building or Nigeria's second Tallest Building.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m69/topstar_01/Best.jpg

tbite i really like that pic of lagos one of my favourite

Whoow!T'bite,you can dig it.

http://static.flickr.com/24/60417577_3d51b4b9a3_b.jpg
^^
This is the city in which I currently reside in. Its quite nice.:cheers:

I think this does a good job of Durban...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/163073098_8f1c10279a_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/237512011_60ef9994d3_b.jpg

I love this picture even though it fails to capture all of the beach skyline

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1364/830093810_3f4a3a42c0_o.jpg

algiers above hill

http://a6.img.v4.skyrock.com/a69/blanche-alger/pics/244433815.jpg

Tanger Morocco

http://www.overseasphotogallery.com/albums/userpics/10001/Morocco%2C_Tangiers_Port3.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1224/847265031_455ce54834_o.jpg

Are there any high rise developments going up in Accra? And when I say Accra, I mean the Central business district!! Does any body have pix?

Dakar SENEGAL
http://www.salysenegal.net/activites/excursions/images%20dakar/dakaraerien2.jpg
http://www.visoterra.com/images/original/Visoterra-dakar-vue-de-l-ile-de-goree-7651.jpg
http://remixinsenegal.blog4ever.com/blogfichiers/118508/photos/2109071185080710090727213052.jpeg
the west enter of the city
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MvjfRHiOKu0/R_5-tosg00I/AAAAAAAACJw/PncHv4JQ_WQ/IMG_0735.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_rLZl7ZN3J0w/RnOlz7roDpI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/G5aYu9cqycY/DSCF0965.JPG

Tunis -TUNISIA

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/tun2-2.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/tunis-1.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/tunis2-3.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/tun3-2.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/IMG_2343.jpg

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5371/tunisri6.jpg


http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/ole0.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/2168899021_20866be851.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll284/luixiviado/SDC10415.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2641593652_7aea228448_b.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll284/luixiviado/SDC10415.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2641593652_7aea228448_b.jpg


THIS THREAD IS DEDICATED TO THE AFRICAN CITY SKYLINES ... :bash::bash:

Cape Town
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2677408636_aea19e9576_b.jpg
Know we've have CT already (but it was yonks ago!), but MoRush posted this pic he found on Flickr and thought it looked awesome...

and just one I found on Flickr...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/2531226166_dbe679c626_b.jpg

Tangier

Source: flickr.com, google picasso

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1224/847265031_455ce54834_o.jpg

http://lh4.google.com/RolandQuencez/RaAIvrdh2AI/AAAAAAAAAd8/wk_ix6F9mWQ/P1030305.JPG?imgmax=800

Dakar SENEGAL
http://www.salysenegal.net/activites/excursions/images%20dakar/dakaraerien2.jpg


Spectacular location! I loved Dakar when I lived there (although I was small so memories are spotty).

Sfax-TUNISIA

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/sfax1.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/776653565_49f4c32d87_b.jpg

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/sfax13.jpg


http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/antar07/sfax151.jpg