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The Old Bank Arcade is a retail and office complex on a corner site at Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand. The property consists of four buildings built between 1883 and 1904. The most prominent is the Bank of New Zealand building (no. 1) on the wedge-shaped corner of Lambton Quay and Customhouse Quay.
The NTT Tower (formerly Dimension Data Tower, 'Vodafone on The Quay' and 'Mobil on The Park') was designed by Peddle Thorp & Montgomery Architects and was completed in 1999. The main architect on the build was Robert Montgomery and the building was built by Mainzeal Construction.
The first Countdown Foodbarn store opened in May 1981 at the Northlands Shopping Centre in Christchurch. [4] The store was owned by Rattrays Wholesale. [5] The Rattrays Wholesale Group later included Rattrays Cash and Carry warehouses, [6] tobacco vans (latter known as Red Arrow Distributors) and the SuperValue franchised supermarkets.
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.
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 ]
Hannah established a new shop on Lambton Quay in 1870. [9] He established a three-storey shop and factory, between Cuba Street and Leeds Street, in 1874. [10] [4] Hannah quickly established branches around the country. In 1883, he established a store on Hastings Street in Napier. Two others followed on Heretaunga Street in Hastings. [11]
Stewart Dawson's building was a historic building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Willis Street in Wellington, New Zealand.The façade has been retained. Built in 1900 for the London jeweller David Stewart Dawson, it was located on a prominent corner where major thoroughfares Lambton Quay and Willis St meet.
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).