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Ponte City's Inner Core

Ponte City – The Urban Slum

by Russell Henderson

February 10, 2023

This building got taken hijacked by gangsters who stripped the entered building including the elevators. They charged people to stay here and drug dealing and prostitution thrived behind its grey walls. Of course there was no maintenance for the building so people threw their trash...

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Working In Africa: Learn Quicker Than The West

by Russell Henderson

July 10, 2021

After working in Tanzania for eight years, it is now on par with the the eight years I have worked in western countries. Honestly, I have learned more about designing and constructing buildings, while working in Africa, than I did while working in the UK...

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