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Cuba Mall’s big green tuatara gets a new red rubber bed
- 28 Jul 2009
- Newswire.co.nz
- THE playground next to Cuba Mall’s iconic Bucket Fountain is getting a new rubber floor.
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- ‘It is a pity that the open space of Manners Mall is not preserved and developed in such a way or with such care. In contrast there has been no replacement of broken or sunken bricks in the mall. Instead there are faded pockets of fill in asphalt. This ob’
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Splish Splash: Bucket Fountain Update
- 27 Nov 2008
- The Wellingtonista
- There's been a bit of action going on at the old Bucket Fountain, icon of Cuba Street. First, it mysteriously disappeared: We initially thought this was a retro '80s David Copperfield-style magic trick, but it turns out it was just taken down for maintenance. The fountain returned, with a fresh coat of paint, ready to splash the good folk of Cuba Mall once again.
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This Wellingtonista newsitem has 10 comments.
- ‘It used to wait for me to walk past I swear.’
- ‘As always, thanks for the informative reply, Richard. It's funny to think that the Bucket Fountain has to be carefully set up so that while it clunkily splashes water all over the pavement, it doesn't splash too much water. This is why it is so beloved!’
- ‘The Council's Bucket Fountain guru, Ruth Graham, says she sat and watched the fountain for some time last week as she thought there was more water going over the edge by Farmers than before. She only noticed one bucket out of line and this explained the ’
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Bucket Fountain to Disappear for Repairs
- 26 Sep 2008
- Wellington City Council
- Cuba Street’s Bucket Fountain is about to do a disappearing act. The famous Wellington landmark will be dismantled early next week for a month-long refurbishment. It will be back – and looking better than ever – by the end of October.
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The Fountain Dead
- 4 Mar 2006
- WellUrban
- The Arts Festival is a time to showcase the best of Wellington to scores of influential visitors. So why is one of our most iconic public artworks, The Bucket Fountain, currently looking sad, lifeless and encrusted with grime?
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This WellUrban newsitem has 5 comments.
- ‘That's the one... wouldn't work in Wellington for obvious reasons, altho I suppose you could stand there in a rain coat while it dumps all over you.One of the things I enjoyed about Wellington's bucket street art was wondering, each time a smaller bucket’
- ‘David: that'll be these pictures, I take it? They do look fun. I suppose the nearest thing we have to that is the Albatross sculpture by the lagoon, though the Water Whirler could have the same effect once it opens tomorrow night’
- ‘I was pretty sure it would have a page, but I searched and couldn't find anything. I didn't think Wikipedia would do something like removing a page for being too trivial: is it even possible to be too trivial for Wikipedia?!’
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The Bucket Fountain
- The Bucket Fountain is recognised as one of Wellington's quirkiest and most well known landmarks
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