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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
Digitisation ID
2009P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_004412
Title
Civic Administration Building and Clock Tower
Relation
PNCC Series 59
Held In
PNCC Archives

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
1993

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
By Attribution Alone

Taxonomy

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