The Wrong Side of my Car
A blog about Auckland City, its streets, and culture shock
Riding the Northcote Safe Cycle Route
If you cross the Harbour Bridge to the north you touch down in Northcote Point
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Northcote Safe Cycle Route |
Or, perhaps more aptly, on Northcote Point. A sizeable part of the tip of what must once have been a quiet peninsula now looks like this:
And this thing is loud. Not just the usual traffic noise itself, but also the endless thuds of cars going over the seams between parts of the bridge. Somewhere nearby Skypath is meant to touch down, providing a bicycle link to the city across the harbour.
Two ways home from Wynyard Quarter
Last time, we were on Wynyard Quarter. For me, coming in from the North Shore, the obvious way in is to drive. But many people live close enough to come in on foot.
Once you start walking you’ll quickly encounter what I will here euphemistically call the rest of Auckland.
Wynyard Quarter, the new hipster paradise
Wynyard Quarter. The paradise of car free spaces, waterfront promenades and expensive restaurants. It is almost unimaginable that just over 10 years ago the fish market was sitting in the middle of some desolate old industrial land.
The most embarrassing missing pedestrian leg, continued
I wonder if this stupid missing pedestrian leg at Lightpath is still there.
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So close, and yet… |
Sugartree Lane
I was in the CBD again lately. Anyone even driving by must have noticed by now the new apartment complex going up on the corner of the city centre, Sugartree. Part of this developemnt is now complete. I was curious to take a look.
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Sugartree lane, Nelson Street end |
The slum of Hobson Street — or not?
To great consternation of many urbanists, some people refer to the area around Hobson Street as a slum.
Now obviously… you don’t see makeshift tents over there. People have all the modern conveniences like electricity, running water and sewers. So what’s going on?
Bold façade
In the newspaper a while ago: The new mall in Newmarket at 277 Broadway.
Expect dramatic entrance ways, soaring facades, glass double-level over-bridges and a dramatic, glittering temple to retail and leisure activity.
And, an image:
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Plans show bold facades, according to the NZ Herald. Photo/Scentre Group |
What is that? A levee? Border wall?
