Massey Vet Tower - Demolition
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: November 13, 2022
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Date: November 13, 2022
Photo showing the demolition of the Massey Vet Tower, November 2022
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: Massey University
Date: November 13, 2022
This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
It was la...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: July 1960
Looking down Cuba Street to the Commercial Union Building on the corner of King and Rangitikei Streets. The eight-storey building was built in 1973 for $1,000,000 on the site of the old Hotel Imperial by Commercial Union, an insurance business in ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1975
Pictured is Massey's Vet Tower as viewed from what is perhaps the social sciences tower.
Creator: David Foster
Place: Massey University
Date: 1986
Pictured is Massey's Sir Geoffery Peren Building (SGP) as viewed from what is perhaps the social sciences tower.
Creator: David Foster
Place: Massey University
Date: 1986
A lane in the Centennial Park housing development. The sections are ready for construction - a house is having it's foundation laid behind where the photo is taken.
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu
Date: August 2020
This tower is currently being used as offices. It will be removed and replaced by houses sometime in the near future.
It is a rare example of brutalist architecture in the city
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu Campus
Date: August 2020
Pictured is a close-up of the tower at the Hokowhitu campus showing detail of the rugged concrete on the curve and the windows. The tower is a key example of brutalist architecture in the city
The building is being used as offices ...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Hokowhitu Campus
Date: August 2020
The Main Street Railway Station was closed in 1963 and replaced by the Milson Railway Station in October of 1963. This shot gives a good view of the racks with Hopwood Tower in the distance.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1960 to circa 1969
This photograph shows pupils and teachers at Mauriceville West School in the Wairarapa.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mauriceville, Wairarapa
Date: 1893
This tower once served the teaching college of Massey University. In 2016 the university sold the Hokowhitu campus, and at present the land is being redeveloped as a housing block meaning that this tower will be removed along with other offices...
Creator: Benjamin Foster
Place: Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date: January 17, 2020