NAPIER | Projects

[Marky Mark]

Welcome Spotila , Have seen heaps of photos and Developments that can make up Napiers own Thread , so as a welcome present thought Id start one !

Click on this to View T@G apartments , one of Napers beautiful old buildings being turned into apartments .

http://www.bayleys.co.nz/listing.asp?LID=26231&p=n

[spotila]

Bless you sir! Some good pictures there I've never seen before ^_^
Well if it's Napier pictures we're looking at I guess it's best I up what I've got .
Here's a good few of the new Expressway while in its construction stage:

The intersection of the expressway and Taradale Road, with the expressway stretching left to right:


The same intersection:


The intersection of Prebensen Drive and the expressway, with Hospital and Bluff Hill in the background, and the estuary bridge at the far left:


The same intersection, with part of the industrial area:


Another shot, with most of the industrial area included:


A shot of the estuary, with the rail bridge on the left, and the new expressway bridge on the right:


A closer shot of the bridges:


A shot from above Westshore, with the airport just out of the picture to the right, looking across the estuary:


Showing the construction of the Kennedy Road overbridge, with the Taradale Road intersection in the background:


Closer shot of the bridge:


Yet another picture of the Taradale Road intersection:


A higher view above Prebensen Drive, showing the hill and port:


The estuary and part of suburban Napier:


Showing the construction of the intersection of the old state highway and the new expressway at Westshore:


Prebensen intersection with Ahuriri and Pandora, and the port:


Looking over the estuary and the ocean:

[Marky Mark]

Spotila , is all that industrial land the area that lifted up out of the Harbour in the 1931 Earthquake ?

[spotila]

Yep. The majority of the industrial is on the new land, as well as a substantial amount of the residential.

[atkinson1]

Here are a few of my Napier pics that are already uploaded:

EDIT Images Removed

[flyin_higher]

Ah, ye old home town..

Here's a few more;
The CBD

The new-ish 6 level Te Pania Hotel

Marine Parade

Tom Parker Fountain at night

[atkinson1]

Haha I can see the sound shell on that aerial photo. Excellent . ANd go Tom Parker!!

[flyin_higher]

Here's a new apartment project currently under construction, in the are of Ahuriri.
'West Quay'

A fairly substantial project for a provincial city anyway

[spotila]

ooooooooooo lovely pictures both of yas! some great shots I've never seen~ West Quay is nearing completion mmhmm, and there's numerous other projects under construction in Ahuriri also. The area has experianced a substantial boom recently, tis neat~

[flyin_higher]

Yeah the Ahuriri area has boomed of late! The West Quay apartments are infact designed by Craig Craig Moller, the guys behind the Sky Tower!

[spotila]

more pictures!
here's a few I've taken over the last few days~
ENJOY

An ariel view of the majority of the napier urban area, taken from a hill near my home:


The rest of the urban area (mostly Taradale), looking practically east:


Another arial. The cluster of shops to the right of the picture is the Taradale town centre:


Looking more north-east, with Sugar Loaf on the left, and Hospital/Bluff hill on the right:


A shot of the southern tip of Napier. My house is in this one somewhere


A church near my home, very very old!


A typical Napier street :x

[atkinson1]

Awesome pictures bro. Thats some serious blue sky in those first 4 images.

[spotila]

We make a lot of that round 'ere

[flyin_higher]

Super pics! I'm going home in the weekend- for my new job at the City Council! Ah, glorious Hawkes Bay summer here we come!

[spotila]

we should do lunch ^_^

[flyin_higher]

That could very well be a possibility

[atkinson1]

.. .unless you're over the age of 81

[spotila]

not quite that old :x
found some more pics here:

http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~y0013517/napier.html

[flyin_higher]

Don't worry, i didn't think you were that old, lol.

Lovin those Clive Sq palm tree shots, a bit of LA thrown in with Napier

[spotila]

Just in case anyone misses it, I took some pics today, and posted a thread in another section:

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=156530