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  1. Say it ain’t so Starky! From where did you hear this scurrilous rumour?

  2. It has been quite a while now, and there’s a growing apprehension that this might be the swan-song for EotF.…

  3. Like what was done with the Terrace villas in the 1980s.

  4. Like what was done with the Embassy Theatre. Without any kind of investment, it’s a recipe for a decaying outdoor…

  5. Oh I absolutely agree Henry, you are correct. All buildings are ruins unless there is a person who wants to…

  6. All well and good, but unless the heritage industry puts its hands deep into it’s pockets and comes up with…

  7. And there was also this: https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/a-tragic-waste/ “The apparent collusion, between the Honourable Chris Bishop and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University…

  8. And then there is also this: https://www.heritage.org.nz/news/stories/the-intrigue-over-wellington-s-dixon-street-and-gordon-wilson-flats “After housing thousands of New Zealanders over time, and notably during an acute…

  9. Indeed – the story continues to roll out, until it all comes to an end… Here is an additional viewpoint…

  10. An interesting viewpoint expressed on Newsroom: https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/11/an-unseemly-hatred-for-one-building/

  11. Yeah, probably, but then again: never say never. As long as I’ve been in Wellington, the University has never managed…

  12. Looks like that’s that then. From The Post this morning. . . “ Victoria chief operating officer Tina Wakefield confirmed…

  13. Thank Janet – your house sounds lovely. Well done for hanging on to it – and I hope it lasts…

  14. Nemo – I live in a two-story timber framed concrete/stucco house built in 1940 for a photographer who worked at…

  15. I’m wondering – is it the preponderance of concrete that makes people say “ugly” – so, does a new building…

  16. Agreed – that one, I think most people might agree, is definitely NOT fugly. It’s quite cool.

  17. Hi Mark, correct, but you still get a sense of volume at the stairs, and you get sun from both…

  18. Potty-mouth comments were a direct quote from Succession – which can of course be excised. “Shit show in a fuck…

  19. Oh Nemo my friend – you excel yourself !!!!! I have a very serious suggestion to make. This is so…