Before the advent of cheap public transport in the early 20th century, most people lived within walking distance of city workplaces. Auckland’s Princes St, pictured here in the 1880s, was popular among affluent merchants, who were aptly nicknamed ‘merchant princes’. It is now the site of the University of Auckland.
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