https://wellington.gen.nz/harcourts-building+localhistory Items tagged with Harcourts building and Local History. http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition-a-done-deal/ News just in via the Stuff website that Mark Dunajtschik has won his appeal in the High Court against the Environment Court. But it does not mean that Mr D has the right to go out and demolish the building straight away – instead, a rehearing has been ordered. This legal stuff is exhausting, and expensive. With the amount that Mr D has spent on the legal costs so far, you might think that he could quite easily have just strengthened the building instead. harcourts-building heritagebuildings earthquake-strengthening localhistory architecture blogs Fri, 02 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition-a-done-deal/ Eye of the Fish 2014-05-02T00:00:00Z -41.2845319 174.7756861 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa http://eyeofthefish.org/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 [...] heritagebuildings consultation harcourts-building localhistory earthquake-strengthening architecture blogs Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/more-dunajtschik/ Eye of the Fish 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z -41.28452427913499 174.775661171894 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6012, New Zealand http://eyeofthefish.org/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. heritagebuildings harcourts-building earthquake-strengthening localhistory architecture blogs Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://eyeofthefish.org/dunajtschik-demolition/ Eye of the Fish 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z -41.28452427913499 174.775661171894 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand