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Chassidic Synagogue, New Yeoville, Johannesburg, Gauteng MORGENSTERN and MORGENSTERN: Architect

Date: 1963 Client: Chassidic Jewish Community Type: Synagogue Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 26°10'58.77" S 28°03'28.97" E Alt: 1794m

'A beautiful little building', 'vigorous' and 'sculptured' with heavy V-shaped shell concrete roof. Facade is of modelled grilles and facings in terazzo by Eduardo Villa (Greig, 1971: 154). All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 154