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This photograph of The Square was taken in the vicinity of the Manawatu Standard building. In the foreground is the Lakelet (or Butterfly Lake), followed by the Phoenix Palms that once lived in The Square. The tall building to the right is the The Commercial Union Building, situated on the corner of Rangitikei and King Streets. It was completed in March 1973. In front of this is the former Bank of New Zealand. It was demolished for a new multi-storey BNZ. to the other side of the Rangitikei Street corner can be seen the multi-storey MCL building.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 336
Date
circa 1974
Digitisation ID
2014N_Sq336_008699
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

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Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
Attribution + NonCommercial

Taxonomy

Tags
1970s,
black and white,
butterfly lake,
commercial union building,
gardens,
hannahs,
lakelet,
phoenix palms,
photographs,
the square,
traffic,
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