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• • Tsunami

    • 5 Mar 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • But it did get me thinking: what if a big one did hit Wellington, and the ground got tsunamied and turned all liquefactiony ? I wondered to myself: what would happen to the flat parts of the city where we famously Live, Work and Play
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• • Listing buildings

    • 25 Feb 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Not sure if you realise this yet, but the proverbial cat has just been thrown amongst the proverbial pigeons. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (what used to be called the Historic Places Trust) has just announced three new grade 1 heritage listings in Wellington: Trades Hall, Wellington Central Library, and a combined Gordon Wilson and McLean flats as well.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 1 week ago by tonytw1
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• • Ranting

    • 24 Feb 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Suddenly out of nowhere, a storm brews up.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 1 week ago by tonytw1
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• • Los Angeles – Laurel and Hardy Steps

    • 17 Feb 2021
    • Wellington Steps
    •   Photo source: http://wikimapia.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 weeks ago by feedreader
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• • Lyall Bay

    • 15 Feb 2021
    • Wellington Steps
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 weeks ago by feedreader
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• • Queens Drive/Sutherland Road to View Road Steps

    • 14 Feb 2021
    • Wellington Steps
    •   FIND THESE STEPS – Between 254 and 256 Queens Drive at Sutherland Road and from the top at Numbers 7 and 19 View Road.   The Tsunami warning posted on the roadway nearby. The grand view of Lyall Bay from near the top of the stairs. You find a waiting octopus waiting as your reward at the top.      
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 weeks ago by feedreader
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• • LGWM spanked

    • 13 Feb 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • And Spanked is putting it mildly.
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• • Art Vandelay

    • 4 Feb 2021
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Today, a guest post from Art Vandelay, with a potential solution for the route of a Light Rail system through Wellington.Your comments and feedback, welcome below…
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• • Warwick Wilton Churchill Steps

    • 8 Jan 2021
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS –  From Warwick at   
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 1 month ago by feedreader
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• • 2021 – the year ahead

    • 31 Dec 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Phew – thank goodness that 2020 is over.
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• • Surrey Street Steps

    • 22 Dec 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 10 Surrey to 28 Worcester Street at the top. A very subtle entry way and you could easily miss this from Surrey. Follow along this path. The view from the top is spectacular. It’s December when I took these shots and some flowers along the way. At the top – beside St Thomas More church.  
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• • Swan Lane and Garrett Street

    • 8 Dec 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • A missive has arrived from Wellington City Council, outlining that they have a plan for some changes around Garrett St (just off Cuba St) and Swan Lane (opposite Garrett St).
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 2 months ago by tonytw1
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    • cubastreet
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• • Finding Nemo

    • 6 Dec 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Hi, I’m Nemo. Captain Nemo to you. I’ve written on this blog a couple of times before but the recent demise of Leviathan makes me think that we shouldn’t just let it all go to waste. I’ve been reading Eye of the Fish for years and am going to give it a try to keep it going, but under new management. It seems that Wellington really needs a good urban design blog. I was going to start up my own blog, but that is a hard thing to do: to get the footsteps of passers by and the eyeballs of the idle clickers. It seems that this blog may still have some readers returning here in the hope of finding Levi still afloat, but that seems a forlorn hope so far. So: finding Nemo it is instead.
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• • Wilton

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 3 months ago by feedreader
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• • Wilton

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 3 months ago by feedreader
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• • Cecil to Edgeware Road

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 172 Cecil Road at the top and at 3 Edgeware Road below.          
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 3 months ago by feedreader
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• • Churchill Drive Steps to Spencer Street

    • 5 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 5 Spencer Street to 1 Silverstream Road at Churchill Drive Roundabout. These are just a few steps as a shortcut from the roundabout near the Crofton Downs railway station. Not much, but there they are.  
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 4 months ago by feedreader
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• • Oban Street Steps to Oban Street

    • 28 Oct 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From opposite 132 Oban Street on the upper level and opposite 86 Oban street on the lower level.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 4 months ago by feedreader
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• • Glenmore Street to Raroa Road Steps

    • 28 Oct 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 29 Raroa Road and from the lower level at 205 Glenmore Street.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 4 months ago by feedreader
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• • Farewell George Porter

    • 20 Sep 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • So there we have it. After some 40-50 years of existence in the capital, the WCC accomodation tower at the Arlington site is coming down. We all know the story: designed by Ian Athfield, named after former Wellington councillor / mayor George Porter, the tower was a thoroughly quirky feature of Wellington, looming over the city with its slightly mad external appearance.
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    Arlington Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Motu Kairangi

    • 15 Sep 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the harbour, like a giant Taniwha, you will be aware that the developer’s proposal for Shelly Bay has been a bit controversial over the past few years.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Megan Wraight

    • 31 Aug 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Sad news today – Megan Wraight has died.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 6 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Cape Palliser Lighthouse Steps

    • 16 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – Difficult to miss, really, along the Cape Palliser Road along the South coast of the North Island/Te Ika a Maui The lighthouse was established here in 1897 and it was last staffed in 1986.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Upland Road to Glen Road

    • 15 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – Opposite 59 Upland Road and at the top opposite 69 Glen Road. These are just a few steps, but through a little bit of bush and at the top you are rewarded with some lovely street art.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Hawick Street to Paparata Street steps

    • 15 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – At 11 Hawick Street on the  lower level and from the top across from 7 Selkirk Way.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Sutherland Road to Buckingham Street

    • 15 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – At the top at 51 – 55 Sutherland Road and from the lower level at 36 Buckingham Street.   The view from Sutherland Road looking toward Lyall Bay. And a view of Wellington International Airport.   And at the bottom of the hill, at Buckingham Street.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Planning for Growth

    • 14 Aug 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • You’ll all be aware of the recent central Government dictat that New Zealand stop using greenfield land and instead learn to densify.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 6 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Ballantrae and Selwyn Steps and steps nearby….

    • 5 Aug 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – Ballantrae steps begin beside 15 Ballantrae Place and rise up to 99 Hill Street.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 5 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Growing Wellington

    • 26 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • The Government has just released a revised National Policy Statement on Urban Design – which will affect the look of our major cities and the way they work.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 7 months ago by tonytw1
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• • Architecture Award for Thorndon School

    • 23 Jul 2020
    • Thorndon School
    • 2020 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner: Thorndon School
    • Tagged as:
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    Thorndon School, Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)