Messeturm Basel vs Ponte City Apartments

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The Basler Messeturm (Basel Trade Fair Tower) is the third Largest building in Basel, Switzerland.

Completed in 2003, it has 32 floors and is 105 m (344 ft) tall.



There is a bar on the top floor. The Ramada hotel chain operates a 200-room four-star hotel in the construction, which also includes offices.

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Ponte City is a skyscraper at the Berea Area of Johannesburg, South Africa, just next to Hillbrow.

It was developed in 1975 to a height of 173 m (567.6 ft), which makes it the tallest residential skyscraper in Africa. The 55-story building is cylindrical, with an open centre allowing additional light to 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 views over all of Johannesburg and its environment. The neon sign on top of the building is the largest sign from the southern hemisphere and advertised for the Coca-Cola Company prior to 2000. It now advertises the South African mobile phone company Vodacom.

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