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

Story by Philip Morrison and Ben Schrader, published 6 April 2010.