I live in the middle. 10 storey blocks with no common theme but similar floor
plans, known as the CBD. The photo shows the typical elevation of a ring of
seven storey buildings enclosing the CBD. Not sure what to call that style.
“Contemporary Moorish”? The master developer may well have used a
label like that. Who knows?
Generally speaking this is the high point of the neighbourhood in terms of
design. Beyond this ring are clusters, themed by country. Rather crude attempts
to mimic national styles. Spain is probably the least objectionable.
Nevertheless International City has become a lively suburb. Lower middle class,
short on parking and landscape, but lots of little shops and cafes. Affordable,
practical, real.
I like living here, but I ought to get out more 🤣🤣🤣
1991 is almost half a lifetime away for me. My youngest
child was 3 years old and I had made the agonising decision to leave him in
Harare with his mother and grandparents while I went to Joburg to…