I don't know enough about this, one of my favourite buildings on the North Shore. This may be the telephone exchange built in 1902, according to North Shore Library's "Local History Online". Archives New Zealand hold records of a major tender let for work on the Automatic Exchange in 1964, so there have been changes, but -- the façade is wonderfully detailed with the paintwork, and certainly looks Edwardian.
Lovely facade, and the bakery/cafe is almost sympathetic to the whole shop, rather than a music or hairdressers would be, if you get my drift?
ReplyDeleteAye. It fits in beautifully. Food's not half bad in there, either.
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