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Flats for Mrs L. F Wolff - Additions KuGompo City (East London), Eastern Cape Isaac ARONOWITZ: Architect

Date: 1952 Client: Mrs L. F Wolff Type: Flats Status: Extant Street: Cor Buffalo & Hill Streets

From a copy of a drawing titled: Addition to Flats for Mrs L. F Wolff cor Buffalo & Hill Streets, Lot 7, Block M, Ward 2, East London. Drawing was prepared by: I. ARONOWITZ A.R.I.B.A, M.I.A. Chartered Architect Carmel House, Gladstone Street East London 15.10.1952 The drawing describes a 1950's style three storey addition to an existing Deco-Moderne double storey block of flats on the same property. Each of the three floors was provided with two one-bedroom flats, the whole structure under a low pitched hipped roof. The street elevation was largely of blue face-brick used to 'frame' the windows to first and second floors - these two windows were separated vertically by a rectangular plaster panel. 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.