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commerce and trade, where at the centre of the Street, at the CBD it is a 2.2 kilometre shopping strip, and at the very centre in the town fountain and clock tower is a pedestrian-only section where large stores meet cafés, restaurants and tall office blocks. This is generally known as the 'downtown' or 'central city' of
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Havelock Road, and runs for 2.3 km (1.43 Miles) until it officially goes by the name Heretaunga Street; it then runs for another 1.8 km (1.1 mi) until it stops at Russell Street where the railway line runs through the city and through the city's fountain.
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was drawn by James
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The architectural streetscape has developed through many styles as major fires in
February 1893 and May 1907 forced the need to shift from a wooden Carpenter's style, to Victorian neo-Baroque Masonry, and into Stripped Classical ferro-concrete.
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of
Hastings City across six blocks numbered 100, 200, and 300 Blocks with the railway line dividing the blocks by East and West. The name Heretaunga is taken from the name of the Māori Land Block on which Hastings was established in 1873.
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Albert Hotel on the corner of Karamu Street and
Heretaunga Street East was Hastings' oldest building, and registered as a Category II building. It was derelict and had sat empty for some years before it was demolished in December 2014.
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On 4 February 1884 Hastings was proclaimed a Town
District with a population of 617 and the constitution of a Town Board, which assumed responsibility for planning and maintaining local roads from the Heretaunga Road Board.
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The main six blocks of the Central Business District are predominantly built during the 1920s-1930s and maintain a high level of authenticity, contributing to a vibrant mainstream with strong retail and hospitality trade.
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The Clock Tower is designed by Hastings architect Sydney Chaplin and is Art Deco in style with saw-tooth ornamentation. The design was selected by competition and erected to commemorate the rebuild of the Earthquake.
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In the 1870s formation of roads was overseen by the Heretaunga Road Board of the Hawke's Bay County Council, and was largely funded by European land owners, who were also the Board Members. With the implementation of
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of 3 February 1931 when the majority of buildings along Heretaunga Street were destroyed or damaged. Following the earthquake the main street was rebuilt predominantly in the architectural styles of
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The building is designed by Hastings architect Albert Garnett and was opened in 1915. The building design is a unique fusion of Neo-Baroque, Neo-Classical, Art Nouveau, and Spanish Mission features.
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The R&R Building bookmarks Heretaunga Street East opposite the Westerman's Building. The R&R Building is a curved bookend corner building providing an asymmetrical Art Deco street plan.
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The clock mechanism is manufactured by W. Littlejohns & Co. and the bells were salvaged from the Hastings Post Office clock tower destroyed in the 1931 Earthquake. The bells chime the
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The road is mostly two lanes wide (one lane in each direction) and has a parking shoulders on either side. The legal road has an average width of approximately 19.2 metres (63 ft).
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or a parking garage nearby. Heretaunga Street favours roundabouts, as there are 14 of them crossing intersections, compared to only two sets of traffic lights.
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Heretaunga Street is Hastings' main street since the 1880s and is partially formed along a traditional Māori pathway connecting the Māori villages of
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Considered to be one of Hastings' finest public landmarks; not the official earthquake memorial but holds plaques with the 93 names of those killed
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The location where the road intersects with the railway line has for generations been regarded as the centrepiece of Hastings. It is here where the
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The street was initially built for horse drawn traffic, and with the introduction of the motor vehicle, the street was laid with stone from 1914.
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In 2022 the Hastings District Council commissioned a façade colour change for the tower which is now pastel blue, green, yellow and pink.
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first formed using fill from drains dug alongside the road, then laid with metal quarried from the beds of the Mākirikiri and Mākaramū
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Above the door to the tower is displayed the Borough of Hastings Coat of Arms, and above the door veranda is the date '1935'.
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Brass Memorial Plaques were added in 1995 to commemorate the 1931 Earthquake and remember those who died.
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