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Eye of the Fish / October 2012

We are a fledgling blog that was created to continue the legacy of Tom Beard’s superb WellUrban. Our aim is to further discourse on Wellington’s urban environment, as well to as report on the other aspects of life in the capital. Tom has set certainly high standards for us, and we wish him all the best in his new position.

November 2012 | June 2012
    • More Dunajtschik
      • Regarding the old Temperance and General Building on Lambton Quay – known to next to no-one as the Harcourts building. Submissions on it’s proposed demolition are due in a week – by the end of the month. It is a crunch point for Wellingtonians – should a building owner be allowed to demolish their building [...]
      • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed
      • Tagged as:
      • heritage-buildings
      • consultation
      • harcourts-building
      • Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand


    • Moore turret
      • At last: a return to what this blog was set up to do – a review of a local building. This one is really aimed at keeping DavidP happy, who has undoubtedly noted this progressing along. It is not quite finished yet, but is forming a much needed edge to the formerly neglected corner of [...]
      • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed
      • Automatically tagged as:
      • architecture
      • blogs
      • College Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand


    • Dunajtschik demolition
      • So the time has come at last: the first of a presumed wave of proposals to demolish perfectly good buildings in Wellington. Christchurch has had to put up with a swathe of demolition over the last couple of years, and they are getting so good at destroying everything down there, that they have forgotten that it is not compulsory. Cranmer Courts is their city’s latest disgrace – the Harcourts building is ours.
      • Accepted from Eye of the Fish feed
      • Tagged as:
      • heritage-buildings
      • harcourts-building
      • Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand


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