Strolled around grnd level of Welly’s new convention/events centre #takina this week.
Great welcoming vibe + architectually (certainly externally), a distinctive building with great shapes & design elements.
Directly across the road from TePapa & down the street from Q arts hotel - #takina has created an enlarged vibrant arts/events precinct within the CBD.
Plus new inner city housing precinct #Paddington nearing completion.
#Wellington feels dynamic. No “dying city” as Key once opined.
@NZedAUS
Hmm... I wonder what used to be there then 🤔
The apartments on the corner with the marine stuff shop on the ground floor and a bunch of colourful kite / wind-sock things seem to still be there, but I can't remember what used to be in that space where this new building used to sit.
@NZedAUS Takina is beautiful, and it’s already working to attract events to the city —the #Meetings2023 tradeshow was in Wellington for the first time, thats HUGE news for the events industry and #Takina was a big draw card to get it here.
On the flip side, Paddington is a disgraceful use of a huge inner block (it should've been 6 stories minimum; not 2) and we will be regretting this wasted opportunity for decades.
@NZedAUS my understanding; it was a compromise because the existing pipes couldn’t handle a larger development.
I’m not sure who has more blame; the council, or the developer —but either way, the city was robbed of a more appropriate development of one of the most valuable pieces of land in the city.
DrD
Joshua Leung
Hemi (Wellington, NZ)
quixote