Thoughts on the condition of Johannesburg and it's relation to 44 Stanley

Milpark, the Context of 44 Stanley 

An image which I think really captures one of the defining qualities of the current condition of the city of Johannesburg. Just a stones-throw away from 44 Stanley is Mipark. One sees the striking contrast between the 2, though not too far off from one another (developed | degenerating; rich | deprived ). A reiteration of the statement by Caldiera cited previously, that the "mechanisms to keep [the rich and the poor] apart have become more obvious and more complex."

One notes the divisive mechanisms in the image: The high 44 Stanley walls shutting outsiders out and containing the the precinct within; but also, as in many cases throughout the city, the highway being between the 2 creating a marked buffer zone.

 The 2 contexts, 44 Stanley and Milpark, are detached from each other due to these divisive mechanisms, the existing boundaries between the 2.

DETACHMENT - FRAGMENTED - BOUNDARY - CONTRAST
The story of Johannesburg, and 44 Stanley (a part of the whole)