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Design Review: Volume 1, Issue 5 (February-March 1949)

Upper Hutt Community Centre

Upper Hutt Community Centre

Designed by Town Planning Section, Ministry of Works.

Designed by Town Planning Section, Ministry of Works.

Plan of Town Centre

(1)

Fire Station

(2)

Ambulance

(3)

Youth Centre

(4)

Department Store

(5)

Shops

(6)

Shops and offices above

(7)

Post Offices

(8)

Hall

(9)

Municipal Offices

(10)

Library

(11)

Government Offices

(12)

Police

(13)

Cinema

(14)

Restaurant

(15)

Caharet

(16)

Bus stop

(17)

Quinn's Post Hotel

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No clanging trams, hooting motors, or traffic cops. “Bazaar” Street, with grass, shrubs, flowers, and trees, exhibits storefronts and wares to best advantage for quiet, safe window-shopping.

No clanging trams, hooting motors, or traffic cops. “Bazaar” Street, with grass, shrubs, flowers, and trees, exhibits storefronts and wares to best advantage for quiet, safe window-shopping.

Town square. Post Office at left. Town Hall, Library, and Clubrooms at right. Texture and pattern of paving give warmth and character. Open-air meetings, public receptions, concerts, and addresses can be held here in the open.

Town square.
Post Office at left. Town Hall, Library, and Clubrooms at right. Texture and pattern of paving give warmth and character.
Open-air meetings, public receptions, concerts, and addresses can be held here in the open.

Buses and cars drop passengers within a few steps of the shops. Once leaving bus shelters and off-street car parks, shoppers and children are on safe, attractive shopping streets and courts from which all cars are excluded. Parking areas are separate but close by, and goods are delivered to the backs of shops from special service lanes and courts.

Buses and cars drop passengers within a few steps of the shops. Once leaving bus shelters and off-street car parks, shoppers and children are on safe, attractive shopping streets and courts from which all cars are excluded. Parking areas are separate but close by, and goods are delivered to the backs of shops from special service lanes and courts.