space in between

Textures

Graffiti – made by humans

It is obvious that people use this space. Two of those signs are directions for English speaking people but the other one is a notice for the public, written in English and an Asian language. There are obviously both English speaking people and Asians working in the buildings. One of the buildings is a restaurant and the other one is a Italian cafe.

Photograph: Signý

wall treatments – painted by people

The space in between

It is hard to notice the space without knowing that it exists. When you look closer you can see a narrow and dirty alleyway which is the space in between.  This space is a private space not intended for the public.

Taken at daytime!

Photographs: Signý

Where do people rape?

Rapists appear in all walks of life, and can be of any age or social status; these considerations may influence their choice of targets.

Rapists may commonly be held to be wild-eyed strangers lurking down dark alleyways concealing weapons alongside their intent. In fact they are likely to be known in some way to the target of their assault, typically as family members, friends, neighbors, employers or colleagues. Despite pervasive social, political and legal conceptions that males commit the majority of rape, research is beginning to show that female rapists are much more prevalent than they were thought to be when rape research was limited exclusively to male rapists.

Low position on social status ladder linked to faster ageing

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a new class divide: the lower our social standing, the faster we age.The claim follows the surprise discovery of accelerated ageing among working class volunteers, leaving them biologically older than those higher up the social ladder.

Genetic tests showed that being working class could add the equivalent of seven years to a person’s age.

And moving down in the world by marrying someone from a lower social class also added years to a woman’s biological age, scientists report today in the journal Aging Cell.

The space in between at day time!

Courtenay Place, Wellington.

Courtenay Place is the main street of the Courtenay Quarter in the Wellington, New Zealand inner-city district of Te Aro.

 

Courtenay Place is well known both domestically and internationally as a destination for fashion, art and general tourism to New Zealand. It contains offices, accommodation, tourist shopping, entertainment, food, art and buskers offering many genres of free performance. Pedestrian traffic is substantial around the clock.

 

Arts and Theatre

 

Every two years Courtenay Place is home to many of the New Zealand International Arts Festival events. The richness of Courtenay Place culture inspires many artists, including photographers, professional and amateur alike.

 

BATS Theatre is New Zealand’s leading venue for the development of new theatre practitioners and plays.

 

Downstage Theatre, founded in 1964, is New Zealand’s first professional theatre.

 

Embassy Theatre The Lord of the Rings movie Return of the King had its world premiere at the Embassy Theatre at the head of Courtenay Place. The movies The Two Towers and The Fellowship Of The Ring both had their Australasian premiere at the Embassy. Both events were broadcast live to the world for many hours, involving the movement of record amounts of data by City Link.

 

The theatre is on the Wellington City Council’s heritage list in the District Plan. The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has recognised its heritage values with Category One registration, indicating a place of ’special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value’.

 

It was originally known as the ‘De Luxe’ and was built in 1924. Designed by Llewellyn Williams and constructed of reinforced concrete, it included classical external and internal architectural details. The name changed to the Embassy in 1945. A long list of theatre identities has been associated with the theatre, including William Kemball, who formed the De Luxe Theatre Company in 1923, and Sir Robert Kerridge. Kerry Robins, leaseholder of the Paramount Theatre in Wellington, took over the lease of the Embassy in 1996. It was purchased by the Embassy Theatre Trust in 1997 with financial underwriting of the refurbishment programme by Wellington City Council. Ownership was transferred to the WCC under the terms of the agreement. Embassy Theatre Trust subsidiary Company Financial report: Audit report In October 2005 Wellington film exhibitor Kerry Robins sold the operational management of the Embassy to Village SkyCity Cinemas.

 

Paramount Theatre 25 Courtenay Place. The Paramount is the oldest surviving cinema in Wellington, still with its original name. Originally a part of Te Aro beach, in August 1916 the location of the Paramount was purchased by John James Williamson. He arranged for architect James Bennie to design a picture house.

 

Reading Cinema Complex

 

Reading Cinema’s $23m complex contains shops, restaurants and a ten-screen multiplex cinema. The 8,000 m² development links Courtenay Place with the waterfront and was designed to complement the existing character of the strip. This project won the 2003 Property Council NZ Entertainment Excellence Award.

 

The Film Archive The Film Archive Te Anakura Whitiahua is on the corner of Ghuznee St and Taranaki St, a block from Courtenay Place.
The Opera House

 

Westpac St James Theatre 83 Courtenay Place

 

Formerly His Majesty’s, the St James was designed for John Fuller and Sons Ltd by Mr Henry Eli White Architect, structural engineer and contractor. It was the first steel-framed concrete-coated proscenium-arched theatre in the Southern Hemisphere. The steel frame allowed for an unsupported 80 ft (25 m) span roof structure and also provided good resistance to earthquake damage.

The Golden Gate Milkbar, Wellington, 1940

Many Greek immigrants established catering businesses such as restaurants, grill rooms and fish-and-chip shops. The Golden Gate Milk Bar in Courtenay Place, owned by Peter Bares, was only the second milk bar to open in Wellington.