"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

"Wellingtonians have seen that famous Joni Mitchell lyric turned on its head with the revamp of the waterfront's Kumutoto Precinct, north of Queens Wharf. "

“What had been a parking lot, occupying prime waterfront land, has been  transformed into a water’s-edge pedestrian paradise of trees, planters, plazas, promenades, boardwalks and a bridge,” says Wellington Waterfront Ltd’s CEO Ian Pike.

With these enhancements, the area has become a popular lunchtime or evening refuge from the rat race for office workers and other waterfront users. The ground floor businesses of the neighbouring Meridian building will provide the public a pleasant and intimate place to relax by the water, enjoy harbour views, convenient food, great coffee – and all only a minute’s walk from the CBD.  
 
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