Mainly West of Queen Street - seen through my lens
Achy Breaky Heart (Michael Parekowhai, 2013)
Waikokota Lane in Aucklands Wynyard Quarter tunnels through between the two blocks of the award-winning ASB building: glass to symbolise the transparency of the bank (yeah, right) and a monumental mural by Michael Parkowhai entitled “Achy Breaky Heart”.…
Sunnah Thompson at Work
Once again Nga Whaotapu o Tāmaki Makaurau (The Sacred Chisels of Tāmaki Makaurau) are showing their craft at the Silo Six Pack, Wynyard Quarter. When I visited, master carver Sunnah Thompson was at work on a carving of Tiriwa (one of the ancestors of the Tamaki a Maki tribe), destined to go to Glen Eden Primary School.…
Gangway
The New Zealand coastal tanker Kakariki alongside Wynyard Wharf, Auckland.…
Market Day at the Silo Park
A joyful display of colour on a market day at the Silo Park, Wynyard Quarter. Seen from the gantry.…
Enduring Rust
At the top end of Wynyard Wharf one finds a giant axle connecting two giant cogwheels – eight tons apiece – relics from a steam dredge “Whakarire” where they transmitted the power to the bucket chain. The vessel was built in Scotland in 1903 for service in Wellington Harbour until 1934, and thereafter in Napier until 1974, at which time she was scrapped (in Auckland).…
Top of Silo
The “Tank Farm” of our Wynyard Quarter is always an attraction for photographers, especially when the sun casts interesting shadows. The top picture is shot from the gantry, and the bottom one shows a bit more context.
These silos are supposed to disappear in the next few years, and 2012 saw an initiative (promoted by Hamish Keith) to give them a stylish farewell in the form of painted decorations, complete with C.K.…
Sunnah Thompson, Vern Rosieur, Ian Strongman
… is the timber (kauri, sourced from West Auckland) which is transformed by master carvers into a door lintel which will take its place in the new Auckland Council Civic Building in Albert Street (see my post April 3, 2015).…
Four Eyes
The base of the Golden Bay Cement Silo 7 at the Wynyard Quarter shows 3 panels of murals by “BMD is your friend“. Nicely executed, open to interpretation, let your imagination go wild…
Mural by BMD is your friend
Mural by BMD is your friend
Mural by BMD is your friend
At the Silos, Wynyard Quarter
“Don’t be a litter Bug” is the admonition on silo 5. …
Inside the Silos
Silo 6 is the venue for a number of exhibitions in the framework of this month’s Auckland Festival of Photography. Apart from that, it is always interesting to discover various angles of these abandoned cement silos (now monuments to the heritage of the Wynyard Quarter).…
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