Looking down Cuba Street to the Commercial Union Building on the corner of King and Rangitikei Streets. The eight-storey building was built in 1973 for $1,000,000 on the site of the old Hotel Imperial by Commercial Union, an insurance business in ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1975

To the left of the empty section can be seen the former Public Library (the city's 4th) that stood on the corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. Soon after this photograph was taken this building was also demolished, to make way for a new, ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of the Square and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 2, 1975