Johannesburg, South Africa -- Africa's Manhattan

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Johannesburg: City of skyscrapers



Many of the Apartheid-era skyscrapers - mostly built in the 70s, now stand empty and dilapidated.





Construction of the Carlton Centre in 1973 -- at 223m still the tallest building in Africa. The hotel next to it, the Carlton Hotel, has been abandoned.



The completed Carlton Centre with its 50 storeys.

Here is the abandoned entrance of the Carlton Hotel. Once a flashy place that received guests like Hillary Clinton:

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