Today we explore the city of Napier, known for its Art Deco architecture. The city was essentially razed in the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake, and was rebuilt in a style that was popular in the 1930s.
 |
| But first, breakfast at Mister D's, famous for the cinnmon sugar D-doughnut that comes with a syringe of your choice of custard, jelly, chocolate or caramel |
 |
| Kent injects his doughnut with caramel (I had chocolate) |
 |
| We also shared cheesy eggs with spinach and toast |
 |
| The Daily Telegraph (1932-1933, by Ernest Arthur Williams) |
 |
| Devon House (1934, by Gummer, Ford, Hoadley, Budge showing the Stripped Classical influence) |
 |
| Anemone coronaria/Poppy Anemone in different colors (KSS) |
 |
| Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist (1955-1965, by Kingwell Malcolm in Art Deco and Modernism styles to replace a temporary structure (KSS) |
 |
| The Cathedral with Tait Fountain (KSS) |
 |
| Statue (2021, by Gerard McCabe) of Anne Elizabeth Jerome Spencer, founder and leader of The New Zealand Women's Institutes (KSS) |
 |
| F Thorp & Company (c 1932, by James Augustus Louis Hay) |
 |
| Criterion Hotel (1933, by Ernest Arthur Williams in Spanish Mission style) |
 |
| Art Deco art installation (2021, by Anthony Van Dorsten) (KSS) |
 |
| Hawkes Bay Chambers (1932, by Finch & Westerholm in streamlined Art Deco style) |
 |
| A Wave in Time (2010, by Mark Whyte) features Sheila Williams walking her greyhound dog, Raven |
 |
| Across the street is the second part of A Wave in Time (2014, by Mark Whyte) featuring a young boy in a lamp post |
 |
| Hartley's (rebuilt in 1985 in Art Deco Revival style) was supposed to feature a ziggurat (stepped, receding form as in the tops of art deco skyscrapers); perhaps a ziggurat was part of the pre-1985 building or we have a lateral ziggurat |
 |
| New Provincial Hotel (1932, by Finch & Westerholm in Spanish Mission style) |
 |
| Memorial Square with the Anzac War Memorial Cenotaph (1924, by David Bruce Frame) |
 |
| Central Fire Station (1924, by James Augustus Louis Hay) |
 |
| Napier Municipal Theatre (1937-1938, by John Thomas Watson) (KSS) |
 |
| Pan Pac Foyer entrance of the Municipal Theatre (KSS) |
 |
| Public Trust Office (1922, by Hyland & Phillips in Neo-Grecian style) is the rare building that survived the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake (KSS) |
 |
| Having the rental car, we drove up to Bluff Hill Lookout for a view of the Port of Napier, which appears to handle logs (KSS) |
 |
| More snow-covered mountains (KSS) |
 |
| The Bluff Hill Lookout is built on the site of a coastal defense battery |
 |
| The Bluff Hill Lookout has a compass rose pointing to other North Island cities |
 |
| A house on Bluff Hill has a Ukrainian flag, and a United States flag in a position of distress |
 |
| T&G Mutual Building (1936, by Mitchell & Mitchell in Art Deco and Spanish Mission styles), with a clock tower above the dome, is prominent on Marine Parade; we will first follow Marine Parade toward the south |
 |
| Napier Millennial Arch (2000, by David Trubridge), which marks where the sun rose for the new millennium |
 |
| National Aquarium of New Zealand (est 1957, 1976 building was renovated and extended in 2002 by Marinescape, with a stingray-inspired roof) (KSS) |
 |
| Trawlermen (1976-1978, by Alan Strathern) |
 |
| A water feature north of the Aquarium (KSS) |
 |
| Napier Beach is a black-sand beach (KSS) |
 |
| Marine Parade is lined with Araucaria heterophylla/Norfolk Pines |
 |
| Spirit of Napier (1971, by Frank Szirmay) represents the city rising from the ashes after the 1931 earthquake |
 |
| We drove north on Marine Parade and parked near the Sunken Gardens to walk a bit; the gardens are below street level (KSS) |
 |
| The Sunken Gardens (1969) received a donation from Lew Harris of the Bio-Morphic Sculpture (1960s, by Laurence Karasek) (KSS) |
 |
| Echeveria elegans/Mexican Snowball succulent (KSS) |
 |
| Par2 Miniature golf course |
 |
| Heritage Fountain (c 1996, by Para Matchitt) (KSS) |
 |
| Napier Soundshell (1935, by John Thomas Watson) |
 |
| Palestinian demonstration outside the MTG Hawkes Bay (est 1865, 2010-2013 redeveloped by Richard Daniels); MTG is for museum, theatre, and [art] gallery (KSS) |
 |
| Pania of the Reef (1954) is based on a Māori myth about a maiden who falls in love with the son of a Māori chief, but is lured by the siren voices of the sea people to be transformed into a reef |
 |
| Floral Clock (1955) |
 |
| Masonic Hotel (1932, by W J Prowse) |
 |
| Masonic Hotel entrance |
Next: Cape Kidnappers Tour.
No comments:
Post a Comment