Newtown Shopping Centre

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Newtown Shopping Centre Heritage Area. Image: WCC, 2008
Newtown Shopping Centre Heritage Area. Image: WCC, 2008
Newtown with Mt Victoria in the distance, as depicted in 1843 by Samuel Brees. Image: National Library reference [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Looking towards Mt Victoria across the present site of Newtown from below Kingston. ca 1843], Reference Number B-031-03 http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=32383
Newtown with Mt Victoria in the distance, as depicted in 1843 by Samuel Brees. 


Image: National Library reference [Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Looking towards Mt Victoria across the present site of Newtown from below Kingston. ca 1843], Reference Number B-031-03 http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=32383

Coromandel Street, looking west down the hill towards the heart of Newtown, early 1880s. Newtown’s rural aspect is still evident but that would rapidly change over the next decade. Image: National Library reference
Coromandel Street, looking west down the hill towards the heart of Newtown, early 1880s. Newtown’s rural aspect is still evident but that would rapidly change over the next decade.


Image: National Library reference "Looking West along Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington. Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936 :Album of photographs relating to Wellington. Ref: PA1-q-120-19-2. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/23043893

Wellington Hospital, soon after its completion in the early 1880s. In the distance Rintoul Street climbs south towards Berhampore. Image: National Library reference
Wellington Hospital, soon after its completion in the early 1880s. In the distance Rintoul Street climbs south towards Berhampore.


Image: National Library reference "Wellington Public Hospital, Newtown, Wellington. Burton Bros. Ref: BB-2287-1/1-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/23053489

Riddiford Street, 1904, with a brand new electric tram at a stop. The recently completed Newtown Hotel (1902, later the Ascot Theatre) is in the distance. Image: National Library reference
Riddiford Street, 1904, with a brand new electric tram at a stop. The recently completed Newtown Hotel (1902, later the Ascot Theatre) is in the distance.


Image: National Library reference "Muir & Moodie (Firm). Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington. Burton Bros. Ref: BB-2291-1/1-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/23223500

The corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, c1912, with the wedge shaped Ashleigh Court Private Hotel between two trams. Image: National Library reference
The corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, c1912, with the wedge shaped Ashleigh Court Private Hotel between two trams.


Image: National Library reference "Corner of Riddiford and Rintoul Streets, Newtown, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972 :Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-019563-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/22890333

Newtown c.1910, looking north. The suburb grew enormously in a short period of time. Image: National Library reference
Newtown c.1910, looking north. The suburb grew enormously in a short period of time.


Image: National Library reference "Newtown, Wellington. Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972 :Photographs of New Zealand. Ref: 1/1-019671-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/22748278

Riddiford Street at the Rintoul Street intersection c.1912. Emmett Street is to the left. Image: National Library reference
Riddiford Street at the Rintoul Street intersection c.1912. Emmett Street is to the left.


Image: National Library reference "Muir & Moodie (Firm). Muir and Moodie, fl 1898-1916 (Firm, Dunedin) : Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington. Ref: 1/2-018476-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand." /records/22777303

Ward Map, 1900, showing a portion of Riddiford Street and Rintoul Street. Much of the space along the road is occupied by shops by this time. Image: WCA, Ward Map 84, 1900 00514_09_04
Ward Map, 1900, showing a portion of Riddiford Street and Rintoul Street. Much of the space along the road is occupied by shops by this time. 


Image: WCA, Ward Map 84, 1900 00514_09_04

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