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Lambton Quay (once known as The Beach) is the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. [1] [2]Originally, as the name implies, it was the high-water line of the foreshore, and sometimes the sea would roll across the road and enter the shops on the opposite side. [3]
Map of proposed reclamation of the area on the harbour side of Lambton Quay from 1851. Two men fishing off the reclamations at Te Aro, in the vicinity of Cable Street, Wellington. Photograph taken circa. 1910.
312–316 Lambton Quay: 1455: Stewart Dawson's Building: Historic Place Category 2: 366 Lambton Quay and Willis Street, Stewart Dawsons Corner: 1871: Rita Angus Cottage: Historic Place Category 1: 194a Sydney Street West, Thorndon: 2291: Apartment Building: Historic Place Category 2: 300 Oriental Parade: 2892: Apartment Building: Historic Place ...
New Zealand's Old Government Buildings sit on the Government Buildings Historic Reserve, on Lambton Quay in central Wellington. The buildings were completed in 1876 on land reclaimed from Wellington Harbour to house the young New Zealand Government and its public service. The building now houses the Victoria University of Wellington's Law School.
Other early wharves include Tod's Wharf, in operation by September 1840; [3] Taine's Wharf, built by James John Taine who arrived in Wellington in 1840 and soon built a wharf opposite his premises in Lambton Quay; [4] and Rhodes' Wharf, constructed in 1841 by William Barnard Rhodes. [5]
The majority of Wellington's High Street, Lambton Quay, runs through Wellington Central.From Lambton Quay the Wellington Cable Car is accessible.. Wellington Central is also home to Wellington's Civic Precinct, including Civic Square, the Wellington Town Hall, Wellington Central Library, the Michael Fowler Centre, and City Gallery Wellington.
The Wellington Cable Car (Māori: Te Waka Taura o Pōneke) is a funicular railway in Wellington, New Zealand, between Lambton Quay, the main shopping street, and Kelburn, a suburb in the hills commanding views overlooking the central city and Wellington Harbour, rising 120 m (394 ft) over a length of 609 m (1,998 ft).
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