Fifty Years Ago—and Now.—Possibly no more striking evidence of the growth of Wellington could be found than is presented by the contrast offered in the two pictures reproduced herewith. They represent (above) the prospect looking across the Basin Reserve (in foreground) to the city’s surrounding hilltops as it was in 1879, exactly fifty years ago. The lower picture was taken on April 25 last (Anzac Day). The picture of 1879 presents many interesting contrasts with that .of the one of to-day. A glance at the respective skylines, for instance, shows how the residential portion of the city has grown; at the left is Brooklyn, and at the right Kelburn. In the old picture the buildings on the hilltop in the middle distance are the old Immigration Barracks; this site is now occupied by the new Technical School, situated immediately behind the Mount Cook Barracks, which are soon to give way to the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building. The buttressed building seen at left in the old picture is a powder magazine, which is still standing. The old open drain that used to disfigure the Basin Reserve is clearly shown in the old picture.

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 8, 4 October 1929, Page 13

Fifty Years Ago—and Now.—Possibly no more striking evidence of the growth of Wellington could be found than is presented by the contrast offered in the two pictures reproduced herewith. They represent (above) the prospect looking across the Basin Reserve (in foreground) to the city’s surrounding hilltops as it was in 1879, exactly fifty years ago. The lower picture was taken on April 25 last (Anzac Day). The picture of 1879 presents many interesting contrasts with that .of the one of to-day. A glance at the respective skylines, for instance, shows how the residential portion of the city has grown; at the left is Brooklyn, and at the

right Kelburn. In the old picture the buildings on the hilltop in the middle distance are the old Immigration Barracks; this site is now occupied by the new Technical School, situated immediately behind the Mount Cook Barracks, which are soon to give way to the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building. The buttressed building seen at left in the old picture is a powder magazine, which is still standing. The old open drain that used to disfigure the Basin Reserve is clearly shown in the old picture.