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From the Tower to the Mountain
http://towertomountain.blogspot.com
- Author: jamied
- Listed in: Society Political
- Tags: lifestyle south africa cape town diversity johannesburg
- Added on: Apr 22nd, 2008
- Country: South Africa
- Language: English
A collection of stories, opinions and discussions on the differences and similarities of two of South Africa's main cities.
It hopes to explore some of the complexities and excitement of being in South Africa now in a way that is insightful, fair and encouraging of debate...
From the Tower to the Mountain's Neighborhood
Recent Posts
the space between...
The space between the tower and the mountain...between this post and the last one...its also the title of Dave Matthews song. Of course it is.Haven't written since the attacks because as it spread to Cape Town I got a little twisted by it, it made my...
Storms under the tower: Your Gold or your Blood
We're always under storm clouds in this city of gold, sometimes thunderous and beautiful and often murderous and frightful. I was given some advice to write shorter blogs more often and this was meant to be it. An angry outburst with a weak punch lan...
vertigo, chip rolls, ghosts and colour
Once my dirty shell toes are in the Cape we'll get to that contrast of cities that fuels this blog but for now we're setting tone, taping out the door frames and cutting in...building context. We'll get stuck in with the roller brush soon enough. Bea...
Another World under Another Tower
An odd benefit of displacing yourself is you get to look at the world through last views and last eyes. Johannesburg's thick with her own contradictions so even in my love affair with this city I can never be self righteous about her goodness. Jozi's...
From the Tower to the Mountain
I love the way cities have personalities. They have an air about their buildings and spaces that have quirks like families have history, and people have spots...sure Johannesburg feels sometimes like LA minus the sea, and Cape Town looks like San Fra...
