First light in the city

Posted on 22 May 2010

First light in the city.
The Smith and Caughey Building on the corner of Wellesley and Queen Street and The Elliot Street Hotel tower behind.

The T & G (Temperance & General Mutual Life Assurance Society) building housing now the Elliot Street Hotel was first built in the 1880′s. The Tower was added 1930 when was thought to have been the highest Auckland structure.
The Smith and Caughey Building completed in 1929, was designed by Roy Lippincott.

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9 responses to First light in the city

  • AB says:
    May 22, 2010 at 02:19

    Nicely captured!

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  • frankdejol says:
    May 22, 2010 at 04:54

    I’m impressed.
    Magical moment, magical shot!
    Bravo!

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  • Ben says:
    May 22, 2010 at 09:46

    This is brilliant.

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  • Bill, Brisbane, Australia says:
    May 22, 2010 at 11:08

    Very nicely captured and framed.

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  • t. becque says:
    May 22, 2010 at 17:15

    Very, very, very nice!

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  • Kathy says:
    May 22, 2010 at 18:59

    I love the way you captured the light on just the one building…very nice!!!

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  • Archana says:
    May 23, 2010 at 22:08

    Fantastic shot…. I stayed in Elliot Hotel for 3 months! :)

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  • antonia says:
    May 24, 2010 at 01:53

    Magnificent! You catch the moment! Great job!

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  • magiceye says:
    May 24, 2010 at 13:05

    love this!

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