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Elizabeth Cox
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Author, historian, #Wellington. Writing a history of Wellington. Published "Making Space: A history of New Zealand women in architecture" 2022
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Despite being a 'slum', the people who lived there were not keen to lose their homes, as shown here in their reaction to a photographer being sent around to take the photos above:
Newspaper article from 1898 which reads: An amusing incident has occurred in connection with the alterations going on at the Grainger street block. Several owners in the vicinity rather resent the interference of the authorities with their domiciles, and when a day or two ago a photographer, who had been engaged by the Harbour Board to take views of the buildings so that their suitability or otherwise to remain in situ could be seen at a glance, a most exciting scene ensued. One section of the little community busied itself with tying sheets along their verandah posts to hide the defects of their residences, while the remainder - the womenkind - made a broomstick demonstration in the vicinity of the camera man with such threatening vocal accompaniments that he was obliged to remove himself with all haste from the vicinity.
November 18, 2023 at 5:09 AM
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It was between Courtenay Place and the sea, where Blair and Allen Street is now.
These images were taken just before it was demolished in 1898.
Tiny houses very close together with messy backyards, looking towards a large gasometer Tiny houses, many very close together, looking towards the sea in the distance
November 18, 2023 at 5:01 AM
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Is this the grimmest classified ad you've ever seen?
Advert from a woman living in 'slum street' in Wellington, in 1889.

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Advert reading: "Wanted, a kind person to adopt a Baby Boy, three weeks old. Apply Mrs Browett, Grainger Street".
November 18, 2023 at 2:16 AM