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Kōrero: Inner-city living

Braemar flats under construction

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Braemar flats under construction

One of Wellington’s first blocks of flats was Braemar, on The Terrace. This view of inner Wellington shows it being built (upper left, next to St Andrew’s church), around 1924. The curving street below is Lambton Quay.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-050810; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Philip Morrison rāua ko Ben Schrader, Inner-city living – City flats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23740/braemar-flats-under-construction (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Philip Morrison rāua ko Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.