![A view of an exterior wall of a high-rise public housing apartment block: beige concrete and many windows.](/sites/default/files/styles/blazy_placeholder/public/2020-07/iStock-492385198_web.jpg?itok=Xs1ymWY9)
In this narrative, authors James Button and Julie Szego speak to young people from African backgrounds who have grown up in or live in Melbourne’s high-rise Housing Commission flats. They describe a thriving community unique to the Flats, challenged by intergenerational divides, tensions with authorities, the pervasive influence of the online world, and new pressures driven by a global pandemic.