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Description

Building plan for a two-storey block of flats with communal facilities. Post WWII there was a shortage of housing in New Zealand, and this building was part of the plan for temporary (transit) housing for people in need. A camp of transit housing was constructed in Hokowhitu, but It is unknown if this block was built in South Street.

Identification

Object type
plans
Archive
PNCC
Relation
PNCC 4/8/2 Plan M134/6
Date
May 1, 1946
Digitisation ID
2017Pa_PNCC4-8-2-M134-6_019987
Format
Paper
Held In
"PNCC Archives"

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Taxonomy

Tags
housing,
pncc,
transit housing,
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