The Katharine Buildings are represented by the Charlotte Buildings in the novella A City Girl. The Katharine Buildings were the first model apartment buildings made by the East End Dwellings Company. Harkness briefly lived in the Katharine Buildings in 1888. The buildings operated on a rent-collection system that was run by women-collectors that ventured out of their societal gender roles in regard to occupation, dress, behavior, and more. These women represented difference within both the East End and West End communities but also the gender role challengers within just the East End of London. The buildings are shown throughout the novella to be cramped, dirty, and run down with all sorts of people and ages dwelling in the area.

Harkness, Margaret, and Margaret Harkness. A City Girl: A Realistic Story, edited by Tabitha Sparks, Broadview Press, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 2017. 

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