Edgewater Towers is a high rise apartment block located in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Australia. The building, completed in 1961, was Melbourne's first, high rise residential apartment block and the tallest in Victoria until 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 and Elwood. Edgewater Towers is considered to be Benshemesh's most iconic design.
Edgewater Towers stands at 44 m tall (architectural), 39 m tall, and 13 storeys tall.
Photo taken from Brooks Jetty 2011
Edgewater Towers in 1962
Edgewater Towers, view along Marine Parade from the north
St Kilda is an inner seaside suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south-east of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. St Kilda recorded a population of 19,490 at the 2021 census.
Luna Park and the Palais Theatre on the St Kilda foreshore
Early lithograph (1864) of St Kilda main beach, looking toward west beach and Port Melbourne
An 1880s photograph of St Kilda Junction looking south towards the Junction Hotel, cnr Barkly Street/ High Street (now St Kilda Road)
An 1890 photograph of Fitzroy Street looking toward the three blocks that made up the George Hotel
