22 August 2021
It’s easy to overlook flats from the 50s like this one opposite the #StKildaBotanicalGardens in Dickens Street; a bit boxy and plain (with jaunty balustrade) – but often spacious and light inside, and quite spacious too, especially compared with current product. And there’s a large top floor one that’s got original cabinetry and kitchen and bathroom too! Wonder if came like that or installed by first owner ? Or possibly they owned the whole block since this was in the days when built-to-rent was usual practice.
Update : the 2022 Elwood Heritage Review notes this block was built 1960, and designed by Kurt Popper; he was one of the many Jewish emigre architects who ended up in Melbourne, and designed a lot of flats, including two city high rise blocks, as well as the Elwood Synagogue just down the block in 1957, and the additions of 1972.
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