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• • Wilton

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 1 week ago by feedreader
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    • wilton
  
  

• • Wilton

    • 19 Nov 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 1 week ago by feedreader
    • Tagged as:
    • wilton
  
  

• • 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 1 week ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 3 weeks ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 1 month ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 1 month ago by feedreader
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • architecture

    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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • shelly-bay
  
  

• • Megan Wraight

    • 31 Aug 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Sad news today – Megan Wraight has died.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • architecture
    • obituaries
  
  

• • 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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • lyallbay
  
  

• • 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 3 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • draft-spatial-plan
  
  

• • 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 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 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 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • draft-spatial-plan
  
  

• • Architecture Award for Thorndon School

    • 23 Jul 2020
    • Thorndon School
    • 2020 Wellington Architecture Awards Winner: Thorndon School
    • Tagged as:
    • architecture

    Thorndon School, Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
  
  

• • Transform by Friday

    • 21 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • I hadn’t realised that time is moving so fast, but LGWM wants feedback on their proposals by Friday.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • consultation
    • transport
  
  

• • Library

    • 18 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • At long last the Consultation begins.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • central-library
  
  

• • The LGWM MasterPlan

    • 17 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Here at The Eye of the Fish World HeadQuarters tower building, we overlook our sweet wee metropolis and purvey the scene daily.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • transport
  
  

• • Jacob’s Ladder, St Helena Island

    • 13 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – On St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • Golden Mile – the middle

    • 9 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Following on from the look at the Lambton Quay end and the Courtenay Place completion of the Golden Mile, it’s worth also looking at the Options for the middle.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
    • blogs
  
  

• • Summer research success for architecture illustrator

    • 7 Jul 2020
    • Victoria University of Wellington
    • Lauren Hayes, a 5th year Master of Architecture (professional) student at Victoria University of Wellington won Best Visual at this year’s Summer Gold Awards.
    • Accepted from VUW News feed 4 months ago by feedreader
    • Tagged as:
    • architecture
    • wellington

    Victoria University of Wellington, Waiteata Road, Aro Valley, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa
  
  

• • When ‘Herbert Gardens’ was actually the Herberts’ garden

    • 6 Jul 2020
    • Wellington City Libraries News Blog
    • Many Wellingtonians will be familiar with Herbert Gardens, a striking mid-century modernist apartment building located at 186 The Terrace, next to the top end of Boulcott Street leading to the motorway on-ramp.
    • Accepted from WCL Blog feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • 3 options

    • 5 Jul 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • Like you, I’ve been sitting down reading all the millions of pages of information provided by LGWM in their first major release of proposals for Wellington.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 4 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • transport
  
  

• • Beere Haven Steps

    • 2 Jul 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 107 Marine Parade and at the top neaar 41 Newport Terrace.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • City to Sea Bridge Steps

    • 27 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – At the Wellington Civic Centre and across Jervois Quay to Whairepo Lagoon and The Boatshed and The Wellington Rowing Club.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Automatically tagged as:
    • architecture
  
  

• • Sar, Barnard, and Anne Street Steps

    • 27 Jun 2020
    • Wellington Steps
    • FIND THESE STEPS – From 83 to 91 Sar Street, Wadestown, and at the next step from 109/113 Barnard Street, and from the top at  64 Anne Street.
    • Accepted from Wellington Steps 2 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • wadestown
  
  

• • Let’s Get Consultation Started

    • 24 Jun 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • At long last LGWM have uploaded some of their work for the Public to look at and consult on.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 5 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • art
    • consultation
  
  

• • Te Ara Tupua

    • 18 Jun 2020
    • Eye of the Fish
    • One of Wellington’s long-desired and much awaited projects is apparently to get underway as part of the Government’s shovel-ready infrastructure projects: Te Ara Tupua, aka the Ngauranga to Petone Cycleway.
    • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed 5 months ago by tonytw1
    • Tagged as:
    • government
    • petone
    • wellington
    • art
    • cycleway