Hilton Hotel towers over Nairobi’s vibrant, if declining, central business district. Georgina Goodwin/AFP via Getty Images March 9, 2023 Kenya’s first skyscraper closes – and leaves a complicated legacy Constance Smith, University of Manchester As Nairobi grows ever taller, and as newer suburbs take over from the central business district as the city’s commercial centres, the Hilton stands as a landmark to a different era.
