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The Ponsonby

The Old Ponsonby Post Office

The Old Ponsonby Post Office

The Three Lamps corner, where Ponsonby Road, College Hill Road, St Mary’s Bay Road and Jervois Road meet, is dominated by this beautifully restored building, once the Ponsonby Post Office. Built in 1912, restored and transformed into a Belgian Beer CafĂ© in 2005, called The Ponsonby.…

Toi Toi in the Urban Environment

Toi Toi, Crummer Road

Toi Toi, Crummer Road

The feathery stalks of the toi toi mercifully cover up the monstrous scar. It was meant to become the SoHo Centre, with car parking dug deep into the ground, covering an entire block. Things did not proceed to plan, the financial crisis intervened, and now there is what locals derisively call the So-Hole.…

Signs of Spring: Hoardings

Hoardings at Western Park, Ponsonby

Hoardings at Western Park, Ponsonby

They only sprout in a 3-year cycle, thankfully. But this year is very special in Auckland, as we prepare to create the SUPER CITY — combining seven separate councils into one, in the hope that Auckland will be able to function and speak with one voice.…

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