“Custom made cabinets were finished with hand carvings and mouldings imported from England.”Victorian-styled Buildings made Europeans feel at home, and safe – like the whole of Krd was one giant living room. Colonial buildings are kind of like Big Macs, outputs of a franchise.Franchise is the promise of access, the promise that from anywhere; the same cold drink. But you don’t just get that cold drink from anywhere – you get it from here. Franchise is also the promise of calling this one ‘yours’.Arohanui to :The CoconetTV’s Tales of Time Coconut Grove on K’rd, Bartley, M.W. Colonial Architect: The Career of Edward Bartley 1839-1919. Wellington: First Edition Ltd, 2006.Botton, Alain. Status Anxiety. Australis: Penguin Books, 2004.Russell Brown’s article, “K’rd at the Crossroad.” Metro Magazine, January/February 2016.Glamuzina Architects. “St Kevins.” Glamuzina Architects. Accessed July 5, 2020.For any other resources referenced in the show, email the show at
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