FLAT LIFE.
POPULAR ON THE CONTINENT. SYDNEY FOLLOWING THE SYSTEM. “Vienna is the most cultured city in the world and it is also the most beautiful‘from the architectural point of view,” said Mr P. E. Wright, an Englishman who has travelled extensively on the Continent, to a reporter. “In Paris there are very beautiful buildings, but there is an air of ‘sameness/ about some of the streets, and the buildings look barrack-like. In Vienna the buildings conform to a distinct style, but they are varfed in 1 a refreshing and interesting planner.” The Continental plan was to build huge blocks of flats, and Sydney was following this system. In England the principle was to have a congested business area and suburban residential areas, although in cities such as London there were numerous; blocks of flats and many of the large stores .had dormitories in the upper storeys the uirls employed there lived.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5178, 14 September 1927, Page 3
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152FLAT LIFE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5178, 14 September 1927, Page 3
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