LANDS AND BUILDINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15141, 4 November 1912, Page 4

LANDS AND BUILDINGS.

g; defects im OUEtISI la- 1 a SUGGESTED W Ws^j|j^ :aI THE POf ™ veeakj,^; lot ' •'1 t i's ALTHorrm the nuviai street *>f To Clt 715 a well.paved l one, aniW?3Ssi ic are comparatively wide - there » one feature of the h n ;u he either side winch, according to 7^T^. ho minent architects in the ho spoils 1I„ effcct of eMd „^Mr; £ t l mar ' 5 ' bMU, ' W I >*P J « A prominent architect and oualiw t:-. "J engineer, stated that the 2^°^' "e «»» hid the beauties of t^b^M [so was, m his opinion, the linet " ah rr sr*** -® fei r . verandahs. 'IV architect, fiUirtintr J?N ir- tie new Ferry Buildings, pomM^? l • 5 very 8 r e ( 1 *«* -» «*•< ?£; i lot comer' the »„,pe„<l cd *«*«,, « W SC , of which is supported by W it- brackets of neat design , l£W?' is- S? ndalw *■* £ new A. Dg Office were inspected. Of coarse, building* he said, were moat c f £' old but the effect, if new erected there of attaching theSS) verandah would be obvioua. Vvf 1 As the remainder ofQueea-stttoU ,»lung spected, the architect pointed oat twfrj ■'' M very ugly verandahs, ones irtfcrW^f fi I, S ht whatever and which, with , jffij a-s P°° r d «|gn of post, became positive ' ho ores a«d completely spoiled t£Tfio4®! >r, tlons of the buildings, some of wM<& J*! 1 ry comparatively new. - i ** 5 ,, ■ly The advantages of postlea, venadala' rfs ™ fairly obvious, the architfctiS? c., They were in many cases cheaper ad had tin g«*t »dv.„X type, and £ ! Z had , t,c advantage ; D « road lo;>i wider. The time formi at S 3818 m bu ** skeeta ww ®s; ho Ihey a Te ?- fc hindrance, especU&yt--59, ?. n Saturday nights sud other-®* bo tun . . • rl ? ero was «ot so much riS'jl or accident with the postle* verandah.. H<£* f ? ften e . re verandah poBU broteaSl k, to vehicle, with restive horses colS a with them? It had been eaid te!:' as posts were protectors of the pederfrZ a. traflic, but m the opinion of manylSh? - tecte of note they, were really a &8p bo Sf ge A fo r impeded the foot Mi n . ih ® tchurch City Council, J m had recently adopted new building brS^ lie which contained a clause making thewl of pension verandah on all new buildinss in the mam streets compulsory, ajvi^wSfi ie other members of his profession, tife^ m the Auckland authorities .tobW «£• iasM of any more permits for the post vcraaSfcTi th Tho leading cities of Canada. Genc&!l «t, France, and Australia, besides mtay of tJto - ; .J® English provincial towns, had . iriasted :«, L « the suspension type, with- the result-US'-es their cities were much ' improved, theii" hi; streets iaoro roomy, and tie jped^ml go traffic a great- deal moire safe. , • aW EXTENSION ' OP : THE OITY. J HOW THE- SUBUKBS j ■ growin&;-.^|^M of A visit to', the top of Blount l&W today \ d with a pair of field-glasses .would IprobMlf;li 10 surprise many hundreds of ' Andluu j® people, who have no idea how tho is extending. Many hundreds of raidesctv most, of'them .up-to-date houses valued -av between .■ £550 ; and •, -■ £1200, have erected during this, spring d<me,vi»sf.' almost every, suburb lias ■ been inaikWly added to. This has been particularly'to * case with One-tree Hill, %apm, Ortw, Lynn, and Remueja. .wherti blocks of J W have been cut up" and sold as buSiSg o sites. During the past six months noJw . >» than £16,000 worth of : building pet#dtl f |i ' were issued by ' the Grey Llynn Roronih -S <* Council, while in' the other borough? tn» ® iigurea are even larger. The j Council had - £20,000 worth within r t . months recently, arid this year promincs | 0 be a record : one. ■;: .j ; ' ;y> ; /' 0 The city' is «> rapidly extfindine, v ever, that* the suburbs now tipped, mow { or less adequately, by the elettoo rifc^|'|| ; vice are being rapidly filled up. '' 1 difficult indeed to obtain, a building siUMt V a. moderate price in. Pa.rnell, for I and it is even harder in Ponsocbv.', : • 8 therefore, certain that the suburban nut * of the city must : extend, : and the ißfliaa tions point to the extension,;beiag cwrMi^ t along the Main south rail wot line towudi 3 Greenlane, Ellerslie, 'and; Corag j the past 12 months these suburbs haveik; 7 creased-'in size enormously. > The Govftn* r ment valuation lof property int^««W|BfHi 1 for instance, is almost exactly doable tat i compared with 15 months ago, whfle W^;,i " growth of Otahnhu has made it nti » - 1 tor the' residents there to isgUs)HA'* ; j Borough Coiincil, with the dfr r cials, to manage 1 their affairs. 5 tain, toy, with • the price of land tively handy "to the city eV(^!oi!l»^i|J s create, these districts' will still further go 1 ahead, and it will only be ma<tcr of.a , few years when a greatly iropro^.]^||| s serviw, or a frequent tram service on 4s* • tended lines, will have to bring. [ of Auckland wiiliin ..TeasanabUfe^itibiH| J the city. ' • , , NEW SIX-STOBSYED^-iitt&^^B NEW SIX-STOREYED BTnLPI^^S i ' ■AN ADDITION TO QUEEN^H®®| There is in course of . erection \ street-, near the corner of what will be a very handsome the buildings of Auckland. It i* -, storeyed block for Messrs.. Brothers' new citv ■ premises, !,tirid?iwM^l®jtract is in the hands of Mr. W. The building is to be steel-framed,j concrete and brick and and will cost some £^OOO.V^to;^ffl^fep| building will be elaborate, and the wincto*4 : and entrance designs will. be unique, in* entrances to the main shop _wiß .»b^sw|fc in depth, and this space (av»ilflh.« of tho valuable depth hi the - site High-street) will be utilised in of windows quite new to Auckland. '*»h7S 1 . will be erected huge glass cases, (fx up n S® " form, and tiled pathways round these J 0 ", j, allow the public to walk, right ronad , This will allow the occupants exactly: times the window-display spaje w** in an ordinary shop front-, Tn* bMffljw * • will be fitted with » verandah of W® ; , pension type, installed with {&«**>yfjafij.f owing for pfentr'of light for tie displays. This "type of fronUtge fo _ erected is the first in Auckland, and ; second in New Zealand, similar JsS? on a smaller scale, having been offlSHfflwf" in Messrs.. Careys' drapery establisnHwW in Christchurch. . '■ ' '•<[{ Besides this innovation, the # jm*s'■ in will have a very fine interior. I be electrically lit, and the ; f shop fittings, which will be ep«ciaW «, ~ | ana imported, nrotnise to make tte'P, - raises very up-t/vdate- The i%* M storeys will be finished in office already some of these have been The" site of the new building » ./.B at £800 a foot. . * —~ misfti [v IN ICAKANGAHAPS \JtCAD. ;>^g| TWO ILANDSOME '" 1 two handsome The busy suburb of Newton J considerably improved within t .'rv-ij^' months bv'the ercctiofl , tvo w«. 6 and by Messrs; llallensteni Tho latter appear to pains in catering for this « irl ytfi.aß land with a modern,. h*Baw»W shop, three storeys 1 high, . concrete and brick. 'The was £9000, but many provements have been ajiproximate estimate, of £12,000. - •• ' • The branch of the Back' 9* «- for Newton is also ncarmg oofflP is a fine brick • strnctmie '■ l? - facings, and it > will vbo % to KiUMgahape Bead. ■^