Israeli millionaire and 1970s plan and how Tassia became Nairobi’s ‘next Pipeline’

By design, the estate was meant to have gated communities and to be in courts...

The Kenyan neighborhood of Tassia, once envisioned as a model urban development from the 1970s, is now facing significant decay.

Informal settlements and rising insecurity are plaguing the area.
The original plan was spearheaded by Israeli engineer and real estate developer Joseph Goldberger.
The estate was part of a larger post-independence real estate dream for Nairobi's Eastlands, alongside Donholm, Tena, and Savannah.

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