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Castle Mansions

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About Castle Mansions

Part of the Art Deco Òtop twentyÓ series of plaques

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170 Jeppe Street, Corner Eloff. Johannesburg
2003

Inscription

In 1931, replacing a small building of the same name, architects Emley and Williamson used modern material and Art Deco motifs for a new ÒCastleÓ in Eloff Street, which was then the cityÕs most fashionable shopping street. Pre-cast concrete blocks provide a sense of strength and endurance, the central attic tower hints at a stronghold of the fortress, the keep. The flagpole right at the top, which made it the tallest building in Johannesburg at the time, enhances the notion of a citadel with pennent flying aloft.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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