Jul 262010
Jul 252010
Another view of the Foster’s Ship’s Chandlery on Customs Street, Auckland City, showing new construction to the left of the image.
Jul 022010
Newman Hall, Waterloo Crescent, Auckland City.
Feb 012010
A group of late night bar patrons approaches the back of The St James Theatre. Once one of the most sumptuously decorated cinemas in Auckland, along with nearby Civic Theatre, The St James is now nearly derelict. A monument to a bygone era, its seating and projection booths are gathering dust.
A couple of people relax on a piece of grass that lies between older buildings to the left, and new construction to the right, near Tyler Street. This whole area, that once contained a character-filled art deco bus terminal and surrounding curio shops, is being brutally torn to pieces in an attempt to “modernise” the city. Nearby, a 26 level tower has just been proposed by developers behind the historic Rose and Crown Tavern. A large sign on the front of the small building near the centre of the picture encourages prospective purchasers/developers to build a high rise building that will dwarf those on either side of it.
Auckland Electric Power Board
Architecture, Colour
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Jan 292010
Auckland City and the surrounding suburbs have several buildings belonging to The Auckland Electric Power Board that are Art Deco in Design. They can be found in various places throughout central Auckland. This particular one sits on the Eastern side of the beginning of Tamaki Drive, and was built, as the sign states, just after the Second World War.
Fosters Ships Chandlery
Architecture, Black and White
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Jan 262010
A sunset casts an early evening shadow over the front of Fosters Ships Chandlery. Fosters has been in this building since the early 1900′s, when Alex Foster began the business. Before that, it occupied a small office on Fanshawe Street, facing the waterfront, until land reclamation allowed buildings to be built further towards what we now know as the Downtown Shopping Centre and Viaduct.
Jan 252010
An early morning jogger pauses to look at a luxury cruise ship docked in the cities international port of call.