Category: Leith Street
New named flats in 2010
I was in Dunedin for the weekend and came across a few new flats: Howe the Fuck (Howe St), The Tool Box (Howe St), The Changing Rooms (Leith St), The Art Gallery (Leith St), Puzzle5 (Castle St), and Away in a Granger (Grange St.
The Art Gallery and The Tool Box were the two of most interest. The Art Gallery provides a wonderfully painterly portrait of the University Clock tower with a disjointed harbour view floating above it. The painting covers the door and two lower glass side panels in the door frame.
The Tool Box has a comfortably designed feel about it, like a Macs beer label. The font and ornaments (hammer and wrench) was formed using masking tape and then sprayed over with black paint. I discovered this while standing on the footpath and having a yarn over the fence with one of the lads from the flat who was reclined on his couch, the bench behind him swathed in empties from the nigh before.
The Bach
The Presbyterian Archive has a photo album from The Bach. There are photos of the flatties outside the Bach in their pyjamas and there’s also a visitors book!! Could it be more perfect? I can’t wait to see them.
The Bach
Looks like there was a flat on Leith Street in the 1930s and 1940s called the Bach … getting in touch with the Hewitson Library for a pic!