Wellington, 2023: Downtown Scenes

Mostly architecture, mostly art deco, from our several walks in the downtown area...

Still our all-time favorite art deco fire station

We're construing this one as deco echo, conceding
that other descriptions might better apply

There is much public sculpture in Wellington, this
among the more traditional

There are many glass and steel wonders in the CBD;
somehow they don't quite excite the imagination

Now in the government district, on the side of a government
building..."Queen of New Zealand"

The Beehive; seat of government; definitely not art deco

Older, classical government building

Back to art deco...look at the windows...

Interesting public art

The Pacific sculpture bridge

2010 Rugby World Cup commemorative sculpture...evocative
description below

And did you know that the All Blacks, NZ's national rugby team,
has been ranked number #1 in the world more times than all other
teams combined?

Back to contemporary architecture, the Michael Fowler Centre

Really old and huge fig just off the waterfront

One last art deco, with seismic reinforcement?

Wellington's Theosophical Hall; hey, Palmerston North has one...