Local History / December 2011
March 2012 | November 2011-
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The season for demolition
- Wellington Scoop
- Christmas seems to be a time for demolition – when most people are too distracted to be concerned about what their city is losing. This demolition opposite the Basin Reserve has just been carried out for the NZ Transport Agency, in preparation for the flyover that it wants to impose on the neighbourhood. In Brooklyn, this landmark building will soon be gone. No one wanted to strengthen it.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- brooklyn
- heritage-buildings
- basin-reserve-flyover
Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Protecting heritage values on Mt Victoria
- Wellington Scoop
- It has been a busy year for the Mt Victoria Residents Association. One of our objectives is to protect the heritage value of Mt Victoria. This does not mean that we advocate the return of the outside privy or petition against the renovation of your kitchen or other rooms. But it does mean we try to prevent the look of Mount Victoria being spoiled by a mishmash of new buildings.
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
- Tagged as:
- mount-victoria
- heritage-buildings
Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Carmen – ahead of her time
- Te Papa's blog
- Carmen Rupe (1936-2011), a New Zealand transgendered entrepreneur, entertainer, and role model, passed away in Sydney this morning.
- Accepted from Te Papa blog feed
- Tagged as:
- local-history
- lgbt
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Learning from Christchurch – or not.
- Architectural Centre Inc
- Cr Andy Foster’s comment over on EyeoftheFish regarding issues of eq preparedness in Wellington highlight, for me at least, something of the difficulties of this particular discussion.
- Accepted from Architecture Centre news
- Tagged as:
- heritage-buildings
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