A view of Broadway Avenue taken in 1975.

Creator:      Max Boddy
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1975

Looking from Coleman Place, Palmerston North, down Broadway. Coleman Place, now called Coleman Mall, was named after Sylvester Coleman who was a Palmerston North Borough Councillor and businessman in the early days of Palmerston North. In this p...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Coleman Place, Boradway Avenue and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1940

The Clock Tower in Palmerston North was constructed in 1957 to house the clock removed from the Post Office in 1942, when the tower was removed as an earthquake risk. On the left can be seen the Post office, and beyond, on the skyline, the Austral...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965

The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. The Hopwood Clock Tower was built in 1957, built with a donation from Arthur Hopwood. The clock chi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1957 to circa 1960

This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. The original 1906 building was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. It was originally built with a clock tower but this was ...

Creator:      W R Davies
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1963

In the right foreground is The Lakelet - constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. Directly behind The Lakelet is the old Post Office building (built 1904-19...

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

This shot looks down Broadway Avenue towards The Square and Coleman Place. The Odeon Theatre stands approximately where the Harvey Norman store stands today [2017]. The Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) bu...

Creator:      Max Boddy
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1975

Probably taken from the C M Ross department store, looking down one side of The Square, past Rangitikei Street corner, to Broadway. The larger whitish building near centre is the former Bank of New Zealand. the other tall whiteish building at righ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The photograph looks from the corner of Rangitikei Street down along Broadway. The building on the left is the former Bank of New Zealand building which was demolished for a new BNZ. The building with a clock tower is the Australasian Temperance a...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940