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The Kaiser Karl Soldiers’ Homes

An unexecuted design. The architect later designed a number of housing projects during the First Austrian Republic.
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11:33 am
Replaced by the wretched republic with various and sundry “Karl Marx” houses instead.
I must say though that it is not traditional to name such places after reigning monarchs. I suspect that Franz, last Holy Roman, and first Austrian Emperor, would have raised an eyebrow at such goings-on.