BUILDING ACTIVITY IN THE CITY: FIVE BIG CONSTRUCTIONAL JOBS The five large constructional works seen in these pictures represent an expenditure of many thousands of pounds and, when completed, will be handsome additions to the city’s buildings. I—The reconstruction of the City Hotel. The facade is being treated in a modern manner which is attracting considerable attention. 2—The new Art School at the Technical College. 3—The Queen Mary Maternity Hospital, of which the foundation stone was laid by the Governor-General on his last visit to Dunedin. 4—A new building embracing classrooms and a hall for pupils of the Dominican Convent. 5-The new Post Office, now nearly completed. It stands in striking contrast to Edinburgh House, one of the oldest business buildings on reclaimed land.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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124BUILDING ACTIVITY IN THE CITY: FIVE BIG CONSTRUCTIONAL JOBS The five large constructional works seen in these pictures represent an expenditure of many thousands of pounds and, when completed, will be handsome additions to the city’s buildings. 1—The reconstruction of the City Hotel. The facade is being treated in a modern manner which is attracting considerable attention. 2—The new Art School at the Technical College. 3—The Queen Mary Maternity Hospital, of which the foundation stone was laid by the Governor-General on his last visit to Dunedin. 4—A new building embracing classrooms and a hall for pupils of the Dominican Convent. 5-The new Post Office, now nearly completed. It stands in striking contrast to Edinburgh House, one of the oldest business buildings on reclaimed land. Otago Daily Times, Issue 23108, 6 February 1937, Page 9
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