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Date: 1896 : 1987 Type: Flats with shops to street Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°12'16.11" S 28°02'10.97" E Alt: 1731m

Transcription of Blue Plaque: JOHANNESBURG CITY HERITAGE CARMEL Formerly SAXONIA FLATS Built in 1896, this highly decorated block of flats would certainly have formed a landmark on the edge of the mining town. The shops on the ground floor echo the shape dictated by the diagonal line. Presumably the name change occurred with the anti-German feeling in World War I. In 1987 Carmel and the adjoining Nathanson’s Building were earmarked for demolition but a public outcry led architects RFB to a new solution. This involved shifting Gardees Arcade further west and cantilevering the proposed new office preserving the arcade to this day. The Heritage Portal Books that reference Saxonia Flats - Carmel Latilla, Marc, Panchia, Yeshiel photographs & Panchia, Yeshiel photographs . 2018. Johannesburg Then and Now. Cape Town: Struik Travel & Heritage, Century. pg