I’ve written about the Ponte Tower in Johannesburg before. At 54 storeys, it is the tallest building in Africa. It’s located in Hillbrow, which is an inner city neighborhood known for its crime and poverty. In the 1970s when the tower was built, Hillbrow was… Read More
Image Source: Vancouver by Marc M on 500px According to a recent Bloomberg article, this is where the rich are putting their money today: “The two greatest stores of wealth internationally today is contemporary art….. and I don’t mean that as a joke, I mean that… Read More
We all know that the Greater Toronto Area is growing and intensifying at an incredible pace. In fact, last year the region set a record with 25,571 new condominium units completed. If you listen to industry experts, such as George Carras of RealNet, they’ll tell… Read More
This morning I stumbled upon an interesting documentary (via The Urbanophile) about two New York skyscrapers that were built in the 1930s as telecommunications buildings: the Western Union Building and the AT&T Long Lines Building. It’s fascinating to see how they have evolved along with… Read More
Montreal is one of my favorite places on the planet. In fact, if I have one regret in life it’s that I didn’t do my undergrad at McGill University. Living in Montreal as a poor student would have been the best. Though I shouldn’t complain… Read More
Yesterday a friend of mine sent me this NY Times article covering a site called New York YIMBY. I’ve spoken about the term YIMBY before and this site is exactly that: a site dedicated to “saying yes in my back yard” to new development in… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 