page_title: Edgewater Towers
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Edgewater Towers / Location
caption_attribution_description: English: Edgewater Towers St Kilda, architect Mordecai Benshemesh, completed 1961
context_page_description: Edgewater Towers is a high rise apartment block located in Melbourne, Australia. The building, completed in 1961, was Melbourne's first, privately developed high rise apartment block and the tallest in Victoria until Robin Boyd's Domain Park Flats was completed in 1962. The building was designed by émigré architect Mordechai Benshemesh who designed many multi-storey buildings in St Kilda, Victoria and Elwood, Victoria. Edgewater Towers is considered to be Benshemesh's most iconic design.
context_section_description: Edgewater Towers is located at 12, Marine Parade (Beach Road, Melbourne), St Kilda, Victoria between Marine Parade, Brooks Beach and Spenser Street, Peanut Farm Reserve. The stone wall running the length of Brooks Beach between Marina Reserve and Brooks Jetty is of the time of the original development and features prominently in the original sales advertising from 1960/61 and can be seen in Lyle Fowler's 1962 photo. The following are extracts from the original sales brochure which described Edgewater Towers as a "Location for better living".
  "Relaxation at your door - The beach is at your West door, the park at your East door, and the romantic views of the bay are as lovely by night as they are by day. Nearby are - Swimming (Bathing Pavilion is now a restaurant), Beach, Lifesaving Club, Children's Playgrounds, Bowling Club (Now the Veg Out Community Gardens), Sports Oval, Parks and Yachting (Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron)."
  "Entertainment within 600 yards - You can enjoy outdoor living on either of your own two private patios, and a few yards away are - Palais de Danse, St Kilda, 3 min. (Now the site of a public car park); Earls Court Ballroom, 4 min. (Now the site of Public Housing accommodation for elderly people); Luna Park, Melbourne 2 min; South Pacific St Kilda Sea Baths, 4 min; Palais Picture Theatre, 3 min. (Now the Palais Theatre music venue); Victory Picture Theatre, 5 min. (Now the National Theatre, Melbourne a performing arts venue); St. Moritz Ice Rink, 5 min. (Now the site of the Novotel Hotel) and Health Studios".
  "Shopping facilities only 200 yards - Besides your Kiosk and Restaurant on the premises nearby are - Coles store, Banks, Market, Chinese and European Restaurants, Post Office and Acland Street, Melbourne shopping".
  "You're close to the cosmopolitan Hotels and Restaurants of Fitzroy Street, Melbourne and Acland St. - Close at hand are - Village Belle Hotel, 3 min; Beaconsfield Hotel, 8 min. (Now closed); Esplanade Hotel (Melbourne) 6 min. and Prince of Wales Hotel, 7 min."
  "All Public Transport is within 200 yards - Edgewater Towers is the perfect location for living - City via St. Kilda Road, Melbourne Tram; City via St Kilda railway station, bus and train (now the Melbourne tram route 96 light rail); Brighton, Victoria by bus; Port Melbourne, Victoria by bus; Elwood, Victoria, Pt. Ormond by bus; Kew, Victoria via Malvern, Victoria and Hawthorn, Victoria tram; Clifton Hill, Victoria via Punt Rd. bus and Richmond, Victoria via Chapel Street, Melbourne Tram".
  "Only minutes in your car from Toorak Road's smart 'Supper Strip'. The City lies a few minutes drive along St Kilda Road, Melbourne".
caption: Edgewater Towers, view along Marine Parade from the north
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