Strand Arcade, Auckland
Auckland Region, New Zealand · built 1900
Strand Arcade is an Italianate style shopping arcade of the late-Victorian and Edwardian era in Auckland, New Zealand. Located between Auckland's main thoroughfare, Queen Street, and Elliott Street, the arcade was originally built in 1899–1900. It was destroyed by a fire in 1909 and quickly rebuilt the following year. Strand Arcade was built around the time that the middle class was expanding in New Zealand and when shopping was emerging as a leisure activity. The arcade is a category 1 historic place, assessed by Heritage New Zealand, which is awarded if a building has special cultural or historical significance.
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