Lambton Quay (once known as "Beach Street") is the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
Originally, as the name implies, it was the high-water line of the foreshore, and sometimes the sea would roll across the road and enter the shops on the opposite side. It was the site of the original settlement in 1840, which grew into Wellington. Land uplift caused by an earthquake in 1855 and further reclamation have left the street some 250 metres from the current shoreline.
Lambton Quay is named after John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, the first chairman of directors of the New Zealand Company.
Lambton Quay and neighbouring Willis Street form what is known locally as the Golden Mile. Much of the city's retail trade is now centred a little further south around Manners Street and Cuba Street, but Lambton Quay remains a major commercial thoroughfare. It is also of administrative significance, with the New Zealand Parliament Buildings towards the northern end. The Wellington cenotaph is also located at this end, next to Parliament.
The Wellington Cable Car runs from Lambton Quay to the top of the Botanic Garden.
Midland Park
Midland Park is named for the Midland Hotel, built in 1917. The city's first Spanish Mission-style building, it's exotic design was the work of architect Henry Eli White, who had designed the St James Theatre in Courtenay Place (1912). In 1979 the building was acquired from its owner Lion Breweries by the Wellington City Council, which replaced it with a park in 1982. The hotel is still remembered fondly by many Wellingtonians.
Reclamation
This part of Lambton Quay offers a good vantage point to appreciate what was once the harbour edge. The road closely follows the alignment of the former beach. The first reclamation began off Willis Street in 1852. Reclamation continued into the 20th century and did not cease until the mid-1970's, by which time 360 hectares had been reclaimed from the harbour.
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