| Ponte City Apartments | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Berea, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°11′26″S 28°3′25.5″E / 26.19056°S 28.057083°E |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 173 m (567.6 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 55 |
| Lifts/elevators | 8 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Designed by Manfred Hermer |
| Other information | |
| Parking | Available |
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. The 55-storey building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light into the apartments. The centre space is known as "the core" and rises above an uneven rock floor. 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 maintenance in the late 1980s to 1990s. It has since been refurbished into a safe property. The neon sign on top of the building is the largest sign in the Southern Hemisphere. Prior to 2000, it advertised the Coca-Cola Company.[2] In 2000, this was replaced by a banner promoting South African branch of Vodacom.[3] Vodacom rebranded in 2023 to advertise VodaPay, a digital wallet system.
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- ^ "Ponte City Apartments". Emporis. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
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