https://wellington.gen.nz/eye-of-the-fish+places Items tagged with Eye of the Fish and Places. https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallah-nine-nine-aro-nine-nine-brooklyn-nine-nine/ I couldn’t decide what to call the post today, as events seem to cover all the options available to us. Things in the city seem... brooklyn khandallah begonia-house places architecture blogs Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallah-nine-nine-aro-nine-nine-brooklyn-nine-nine/ Eye of the Fish 2025-03-12T00:00:00Z -41.2808403719463 174.76908004140702 Begonia House, Serpentine Way, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/redevelop-karori/ Today, the Eye of the Fish goes West, to the deepest darkest reaches of known civilisation within the burgh of Welly, to visit the Kapital... karori places architecture blogs Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/redevelop-karori/ Eye of the Fish 2024-12-10T00:00:00Z -41.2844173 174.7444792 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/mounting-up-on-victoria/ And so it starts. Fears of the Mt Victoria Residents Association, much bandied about as the end of the world, have now actually been put... townbelt mountvictoria issues places architecture blogs Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/mounting-up-on-victoria/ Eye of the Fish 2024-12-05T00:00:00Z -41.2981698 174.78855631158194 Westbourne House, Westbourne Grove, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/te-ngakau-civic-square-2/ This is what the Council were discussing last week Te Ngākau Update Council Briefing – September 2024 Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience – Key Approaches:... civic-square te-ngkau-precinct places architecture blogs Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/te-ngakau-civic-square-2/ Eye of the Fish 2024-09-12T00:00:00Z -41.2886381 174.7770472723911 Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallahs-new-mega-development/ Wellington has long been nicknamed the “mini-Manhattan” for its shimmering high-rises sitting on the edge of the harbour. Recent changes to the District Plan will... khandallah places architecture blogs Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/khandallahs-new-mega-development/ Eye of the Fish 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z -41.246742 174.7905885 Khandallah, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6035, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/is-a-prime-minster-entitled-to-a-nice-house/ There’s been a lot about this house in the news recently – both the paper kind of news, and the TV kind of news. May as well get my news from proper news sources while they exist, seeing as it sounds like soon nothing is going to exist in the news world. What will we do when 3News and OneNews are ditched, and Stuff has gone bust again? Its hard enough to even buy a paper these days, as increasingly nowhere sells them. What do we do in the future – just make up our own news as we go? Seems to be working fine for some people! Anyway, THIS is the house in question: heritagebuildings thorndon localhistory places architecture blogs Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/is-a-prime-minster-entitled-to-a-nice-house/ Eye of the Fish 2024-03-06T00:00:00Z -41.27675835 174.7707239275545 Premier House, 260, Tinakori Road, Paekākā, Thorndon, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/courtenay-precinct-plan/ Hi there – and welcome to 2024, albeit I’m a month late. Reasons: sunshine, weather, fishing, aged parents, and a complete inability to get anything... te-ngkau-precinct civic-square places architecture blogs Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/courtenay-precinct-plan/ Eye of the Fish 2024-01-30T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/dense-hutt/ In all the fun and fuss over things like the Election, the country’s love affair / hatred of Winston (there is something very 1984 about Winston being the BiG Brother watching over us / controlling our every move), we (well, me) may have taken our eye off the ball. Well, not the ball, but the Hutt. It seems that the Hutt has fully adopted the MDRS changes proposed by the Government, to the extent that all the following things, which were proposed, have now been implemented, and are now operative. This includes some revisions to the Proposed District Plan, and there are many pages that look like this (only usually more words and less diagrams). huttvalley places architecture blogs Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/dense-hutt/ Eye of the Fish 2023-10-10T00:00:00Z -41.2125751 174.9057626 Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/kapiti-densiti/ In the news today, the Post reports that Kapiti Council have agreed on new Density rules for their larger urban areas. That will mean that... kapiti places architecture blogs Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/kapiti-densiti/ Eye of the Fish 2023-08-11T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/brooklyn-hill-cycleway/ I’m all in favour of cycleways – they are a great addition to the city, and may even allow me one day to ride a... brooklyn cycleway consultation cycle-lanes places transport architecture blogs Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/brooklyn-hill-cycleway/ Eye of the Fish 2023-07-02T00:00:00Z -41.3003226 174.768739 Brooklyn Road, Fitchettown, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/loafers-lodge-fire/ It is a pretty sad day to be writing – and we all know what about. Just over 36 hours ago, a building in Newtown... newtown lofers places issues architecture blogs Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/loafers-lodge-fire/ Eye of the Fish 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z -41.30675325 174.77771609063285 Loafers Lodge, 160, Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/st-gerards-new-owners/ Great news this week that at long last the venerable St Gerard’s monastery has been sold. Long seen as one of the true icons of Wellington architecture and the focus of many tourist snaps, St Gerard’s church was started first way back in 1908 by the catholic Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) to a design by John Swan and then added to in 1932 by an almost twin structure of monastery, poised on the flanks of Mount Victoria. It is a symbiotic pairing of the architecture of two of New Zealand’s greatest ecclesiastical architects – both John Swan and Frederick de Jersey Clere. Swan and Clere worked together, but it is rare to see their work side by side like this. More recently it has been owned by the Institute for World Evangelisation – the ICPE Mission. orientalbay places architecture blogs Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/st-gerards-new-owners/ Eye of the Fish 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z -41.2918213 174.790721 St Gerard's monastery, Hawker Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/rangihaeatas-big-adventure/ So today Transmission Gully was opened – blessed, ribbon cut, journos let through, and a few selected souls have had access. Tomorrow, it opens to... transmissiongully cannons-creek transport porirua places architecture blogs Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/rangihaeatas-big-adventure/ Eye of the Fish 2022-03-29T00:00:00Z -41.1407874 174.8649027 Cannons Creek, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5025, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/density-in-island-bay/ Having taken the chance to venture south of the city, to deepest darkest Island Bay, home of the Empire, the old Terminus, the Parade, and... islandbay draft-district-plan places consultation architecture blogs Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/density-in-island-bay/ Eye of the Fish 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z -41.3322495 174.7716525 Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa https://eyeofthefish.org/three/ So the Bill of Three Houses, Three Storeys, has passed. Parliament gave it the most unsexy title of all: Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. But I think the title of Three 3 Bill would have been more interesting. Certainly, the aftermath of this extraordinarily rushed legislation will be interesting. I upper-hutt huttvalley places architecture blogs Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/three/ Eye of the Fish 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z -41.1240674 175.0699589 Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5218, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/fale-malae/ Wellington’s Waterfront is going to be quite full, or so it seems. Yesterday the WCC agreed in principle to the proposed Fale Malae being proposed for the waterfront, or at least for them to go forward to the next phase of planning. This is the same Fale that was proposed for a site up near Parliament (on Bunny St, between the Victoria School of Law in the old Government Buildings, and the VUW Business School in Rutherford House). Evidently someone has ruled that the parliamentary site was unsuitable, and so Frank Kitts Park has been proposed instead. waterfront frank-kitts-park fale places architecture blogs Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/fale-malae/ Eye of the Fish 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z -41.287041349999996 174.77875599386792 Frank Kitts Park, Lambton, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/reflecting-lockdown/ Lockdown’s first couple of days with cold rain and drizzle were a bit miserable, but then on Saturday we had possibly the most perfect weather I’ve ever seen in Wellington. covid-19 photography waterfront health business places architecture blogs Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/reflecting-lockdown/ Eye of the Fish 2021-08-21T00:00:00Z https://eyeofthefish.org/build-a-bridge-over-cobham-drive/ OK: so my last post was trying to be all neutral, but I can’t take it any longer. kilbirnie transport cobham-drive-bridge places lgwm architecture blogs Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/build-a-bridge-over-cobham-drive/ Eye of the Fish 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z -41.3148226 174.800302 Cobham Drive, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/appropriate-height-limits/ While it was vaguely entertaining / terrifying / gratifying / intimidating to listen to some of the 10-hour debate on the Spatial Plan the other day (pick your own adjective according to your political persuasions), what became very clear is that NO ONE – not the Mayor, not the Council Officers, Not Liam Hodgetts the City Planner, and certainly not the rabid band of Councillors – have any idea about height limits that is bounded by any semblance of the actual factual truthiness of the situation. berhampore draft-spatial-plan places consultation architecture blogs Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/appropriate-height-limits/ Eye of the Fish 2021-06-27T00:00:00Z -41.3232643 174.7740897 Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/st-gerard/ Monasteries have always been freeloaders on society – for the last 2000 years or more. heritagebuildings mountvictoria localhistory places architecture blogs Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/st-gerard/ Eye of the Fish 2021-04-05T00:00:00Z -41.2970453 174.7874066 Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand https://eyeofthefish.org/swan-lane-and-garrett-street-2/ 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). consultation cubastreet wcc places government architecture blogs Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://eyeofthefish.org/swan-lane-and-garrett-street-2/ Eye of the Fish 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/te-ara-tupua/ 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. government petone wellington art cycleway places cycle-lanes transport architecture blogs Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:48:26 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/te-ara-tupua/ Eye of the Fish 2020-06-18T21:48:26Z -41.2249675 174.8790351 Petone, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/new-porirua-station/ It’s good to see some major new development being proposed for Porirua. porirua places architecture blogs Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:17:26 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/new-porirua-station/ Eye of the Fish 2020-03-05T00:17:26Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/new-bnz/ Released just in time for Christmas, a new building for Wellington has hit the news – a Newcrest development that will take star position on the Waterfront. waterfront places architecture blogs Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:11:33 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/new-bnz/ Eye of the Fish 2019-12-11T20:11:33Z http://eyeofthefish.org/new-political-landscape/ So, provisionally, we have a new Mayor in Wellington – also a new Mayor in Lower Hutt (but sadly not in Upper Hutt) and in Porirua – and nobody knows yet about Kapiti. kapiti porirua places architecture blogs Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:11:34 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/new-political-landscape/ Eye of the Fish 2019-10-12T19:11:34Z -41.1354918 174.8396887 Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/to-the-airport/ There has been interesting dialog over the past few days on the Eye of the Fish, regarding exactly how the routes out east might connect with Kilbirnie, Miramar and ultimately, the airport. miramar kilbirnie places architecture blogs Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:36:29 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/to-the-airport/ Eye of the Fish 2019-07-11T00:36:29Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/heading-south-east/ Given that everyone seems to agree that any new PT route needs to go down to Newtown to visit the Hospital (thereby removing any need for doctors, nurses and staff to have to drive to work) and then possibly the Zoo (as another main attraction) and then cross over to Kilbirnie for the large and growing population there, the Eye of the Fish decided to take a look at what may happen there. newtown kilbirnie places architecture blogs Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:21:14 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/heading-south-east/ Eye of the Fish 2019-07-09T12:21:14Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/uber-super-cuba-dupa-but-weather-is-a-party-pooper/ Like about half of Wellington it seems, I’ve been out and about enjoying myself at the first ever Cuba Dupa carnival / musical extravaganza / street party. events cubastreet places architecture blogs Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/uber-super-cuba-dupa-but-weather-is-a-party-pooper/ Eye of the Fish 2015-03-28T00:00:00Z -41.2937917 174.7754336 Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/fresh-start/ Meh. Bygones. I’m over it. What Wellington needs now, and seems very good at providing it, is a fresh start on an old street corner, and the corner of Abel Tasman and Cuba Street seems just the right place to do that. Wandering around this slightly forsaken part of town the other night, I hadn’t really realized just how funky and vibrant a mere street corner renovation can be. It’s not down to any particular governmental, or council idealistic drive, but just a simple effort by local entrepreneurs who want to make a difference. cubastreet places architecture blogs Tue, 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/fresh-start/ Eye of the Fish 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z -41.2961476 174.7738024 Abel Smith Street, Mt. Cook, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/sha-kilbirnie/ As noted yesterday, there is also to be a SHA for Kilbirnie. kilbirnie housing places issues architecture blogs Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/sha-kilbirnie/ Eye of the Fish 2014-09-10T00:00:00Z -41.3166456 174.7980932 Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa