Blogs / April 2007
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Bouncing back 5
- WellUrban
- In the time since my summer shakedown post, there's been the expected revival in the Wellington hospitality scene, but it's a little slow and tentative so far. There are, however, several imminent or promised arrivals, so things do seem to be looking up.
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In Memoriam
- WellUrban
- I can finally mention what I've known about unofficially for a while: it's been publicly announced that New Zealand Memorial Park will be built in front of the old Museum on Buckle St. It's not quite what I originally speculated about when demolition of the service station first started, since it will be where Buckle St is now rather than on the north side of it, and there's an additional nice touch in that the "Greening the Quays" project will be extended up Taranaki St to the park.
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Shops that pass in the night 12
- WellUrban
- The stretch of upper Cuba St shops being redeveloped as part of The Wellington apartment and hotel complex is now almost completely tenanted. As I noted a couple of months ago, Eyeball Kicks and the superette have already moved in, and Mojo coffee and Caffé Italiano are both supposed to be on the way.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Man Cat Monday - Sooty
- CataBlog
- This week on Man Cat Monday, I'd like to introduce you to Sooty (or Sooty I as he was known as for the period we had 3 Sooty's in the shelter). Sooty's about 12 years old and has been with...
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Playing favourites #2: Racing Conference building
- WellUrban
- This one's bound to be uncontroversial: surely everyone loves the Racing Conference building, even if they just know it as "that building with the Lido in it and the curvy verandah".
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Free motorcycle parks under review
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Alert! Alert! Wellington City Council has commenced a General Parking Review that includes free motorcycle parks. If you value your free motorcycle parks then now is the time to make your views known to Wellington City Council.
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Playing favourites #1: Wellington City Library
- WellUrban
- This may be the highest achievement of Athfield's "Mies meets GaudÃ" phase, though it's perhaps more Foster than Mies (a sinuous curtain wall straight out of Ipswich), and more Rossi than Gaudà (all those rag-rolled walls, small square windows and heavy Bolognese arcades).
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Big Skink finished today.
- T3 Track Blog
- The skink is basking in the sun with its new treads fitting well.
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Playing favourites #8: Freyberg Pool
- WellUrban
- There's been some debate over on the Architectural Centre blog about whether or not the Freyberg Pool belongs among Wellington's ten best buildings, but for me, there's never been any doubt.
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Carnage on the corner
- The Wellingtonista
- Fancy a little accident spotting while you enjoy a nice pizza? Word on the street is that the best seat in town is at Scopa.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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OLIVIER RIVOALAN / Simply Paris - This is the real thing in Cuba Street
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- After the Resident's Coalition Meeting on Saturday I went to Lunch at Simply Paris and met Olivier Rivoalan. This is a wonderful place with delicious food and delightful people serving.Cheers Olivier, I'll be back.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Residents Coalition take a break after discussing up coming Council elections
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Are you tired of local body elections just being about personalities and not about the things that affect you? The Wellington Residents' Coalition intends to run a campaign running up to the elections this year, that will focus on the issues.
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Whose lane is it, anyway?
- WellUrban
- The media reaction to the council's plans for bus priority measures was sadly predictable: instead of headlines like "Public transport to be improved", all the focus was on the loss of some parking.
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Alt.country at the Bathhouse
- The Wellingtonista
- American alt.country legends Richard Buckner and Edith Frost are playing together at the San Francisco Bathhouse on Wednesday night.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Beautiful Mash
- The Wellingtonista
- We all know that in Wellington, everyone and their dogs are already busy making films of some description already, but for any aspiring film-makers not currently up to their eyeballs in digital video, here's your chance. LOOP Recordings want you to make a video for Adi Dick's song "Beautiful View".
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What up, weekend?
- The Wellingtonista
- Wanting to stalk us this weekend, and/or find something for yourself to do? Here are our suggestions:
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Fundraising quilt for auction on TradeMe
- CataBlog
- As you can probably imagine, building the new shelter hasn't been cheap, so the Cats Protection League is looking a ways to rebuild our finances. Lynn (adoptive mother of wee Gemma) has made this fabulous hand made 1.10 meter square...
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Our online library
- The Wellingtonista
- Your Wellington Central library (or 'sanctuary' as it's know here at the Towers) was been quietly expanding its online offerings and today has added a handy wee email notification service ... or is it just another way for 'big brother' to keep tabs on ya?!?
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Mollly the PolyDACTyl
- CataBlog
- Molly (who is now Dax, which is short for PolyDACTyl, as well as alluding to both Star Trek and my favourite obscure goth singer, Danielle Dax) is doing well. She spent her first day with us hiding with such prodigious...
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Shooting fish at the bottom of the barrel
- WellUrban
- The Architectural Centre has had a go at identifying Wellington's worst buildings, and the results are featured on pages A8 and A9 of yesterday's Dominion Post. While I might quibble about the precise rankings, I agree that they're all pretty hideous and deserve to be singled out for criticism.
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Still the 12th nicest city in the world
- The Wellingtonista
- Not much movement at the top of the Mercer Human Resource Consulting "Most Livable Cities" rankings this year, with, like last year, Wellington coming in 12th, trailing our northern neighbours Auckland, who come in at a very credible 5th.
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Strategy and policy committee thursday 12 april 2007
- Bryan Pepperell - Back To The Future
- Report 1 Bus Priority Plan. 5.3 Estimated cost to be $33 million Dollars but is expected to be reduced to $16 million with innovative use of lane lines.
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Blackie the jet setter
- CataBlog
- Hi again everyone. Heather's sent through another update on our lovely Blackie, now happily ensconced in his new home in Germany! "Enclosed some pictures from Blacky in his new home, my sister made this pictures. I hope you can open...
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Let's hear it for Easter!
- CataBlog
- Except for the fact that everyone in Wellington seems to have gone away, so no homings on Saturday or Sunday this week. Molly did go to her new home on friday night tho. We had a bit of a panic...
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Deco delights
- WellUrban
- The development of Chaffers Dock may be dragging on interminably (the ground floor shops and public area have been "just about to open" since last year), but there's recently been a very welcome little bit of progress. The long-promised public viewing platform on the roof is finally open, and it provides wonderful elevated views of the harbour, city and Waitangi Park.
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U-turn
- WellUrban
- In a surprise decision, Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast today announced that the inner-city bypass will be scrapped. "We had faith in roads to solve all life's problems, but it hasn't turned out like that at all. It seems that while east-west commuters are saving a few minutes, north-south commuters have had to pay for it with increased delays, and overall, the project hasn't been worth all the money and hassle."The council and Transit NZ are now working to repair the damage.
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