Broadway Chambers was the first of three neighbouring two-storey buildings in Broadway to be designed by Robin Hood. These buildings were considered good examples of how the 1930s Depression affected the ‘Moderne’ design style. The Bauhaus school ...

Creator:      Ian Matheson City Archives
Place:          82 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 2020

Marching teams make their way down Broadway Avenue.

Creator:      A Taylor
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Broadway Avenue, south side. Broadway Chambers is adjacent to Coronation Buildings on the left and Berrymans on the right. Marjorie Daw and King & Teppet on the street front with La Modern Beauty Salon and FG Stockwell Dental Surgeon on the floor ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This image comes from a series of slides taken around Palmerston North in the late 1950s. Many show scenes in The Victoria Esplanade Gardens, but other areas and events around the city are also represented.

Creator:      S. A. Free
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1958