"Clearing Site for Library"

Description

This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 July 1963 with the caption: "Yet another section of a familiar Palmerston North building crumbles under the demolition hammer. This work is part of a project to clear the site for Palmerston North's new 3-storey library on the corner of Main Street and The Square, opposite the Post Office. Here, Mr M Bailey, watched by a group of schoolboys is break down the last wall of one of the 13 shops in the block. All but two of the shops have been vacated. Demolition work should be completed by the middle of July and the City Council hopes to be able to call tenders for the new library by the end of July."

Identification

Object type

Image

Date

July 1963

Digitisation id

2017N_IMCA-DigitalMaster_013635

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