Civic Administration Building and Clock Tower

Description

This image was taken from the then Public Library building on the corner of Main Street and The Square. It looks across The Square to the Civic Administration Building (centre) - an example of Brutalism architecture, and often referred to locally as the 'Battleship' - the Hopwood clock tower completed in 1957 and the NZI high rise building.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

PNCC Series 59

Date

1993

Digitisation id

2009P_IMCA-DigitalLibrary_004412

Held in

PNCC Archives