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This image was taken from the then Public Library building on the corner of Main Street and The Square. It looks across The Square to the Civic Administration Building (centre) - an example of Brutalism architecture, and often referred to locally as the 'Battleship' - the Hopwood clock tower completed in 1957 and the NZI high rise building.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
PNCC Series 59
Date
1993
Digitisation ID
2009P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_004412
Held In
PNCC Archives

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1990s,
civic administration building,
clock tower,
the square,
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