FLATS, NOT CURIOS
OLD MUSEUM BUILDING CHANGE IN PRINCES STREET By one of the changes that, unnoticed at the time, have altered the face of Auckland, the old Museum building in Princes Street has been converted into a handsome block of flats. The animation of domestic life will soon succeeded the former hushed atmosphere, inseparable from glass cases and stuffed animals. MANY different projects were planned for the site of the Museum as the completion of the new building in the Domain was approached. There was talk of a new hotel there, and this will perhaps come later. When the war canoe was removed from the single-storey building, a group of enthusiasts endeavoured to secure the hall for badminton, but it was turned into a motor garage. Thi3 part of the building had been erected around the canoe, and a wall had to be knocked out before the huge craft could be removed. The two-storeyed portion of the old block stood empty for a time, but remodelling was begun a few months ago, and is now finished. The drab grey walls have : t 'en place to a smart outer finish of brick, on which the green shutters disguise altogether the character of the building, hiding the marks of years in which it saw history come and go.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 628, 3 April 1929, Page 1
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217FLATS, NOT CURIOS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 628, 3 April 1929, Page 1
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