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Cairo
98-104 Nicholson Street,, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No B6298
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Cairo is architecturally of National significance as the first and finest example of a serially organised, minimal flat type in Australia and for its innovative and heroic use of concrete construction.
This U-shaped block of 36 Batchelor flats, comprising 26 bedsits and 10 single bed units, was designed by the noted architect, Best Overend of Messrs. Vivian, Taylor, Soilleux and Overend, and built in 1936 by Blease Macpherson & Co. The flats sought a distinctive type of
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B6298
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National
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