Kenya’s first skyscraper closes – and leaves a complicated legacy
Kenya’s first skyscraper closes – and leaves a complicated legacy: Hilton Hotel towers over Nairobi’s vibrant, if declining, central business district. Georgina Goodwin/AFP via Getty Images The Hilton Hotel was one of Nairobi’s first skyscrapers. The iconic cylindrical tower was opened in 1969 by President Jomo Kenyatta, six years after Kenya’s independence from Britain. The …