Welcome to Auckland’s original ‘Municipal Destructor’. Everyone, like me, know it as Victoria Park Market – a super popular open air market through the 80's to 2000's – a great place to buy your crystals and tie-dies etc! I've always known that it was originally the city rubbish dump – when the city was waaaay smaller). There is more to the story, of course. It was originally created in reaction to a bubonic plague scare in Sydney. For sanitary reasons it was built to burn Auckland’s rubbish and waste while using the heat generated to provide electricity to power the city. Sounds pretty clever eh, and I guess we were plague free. However, we must have been breathing some seriously toxic smoke fumes! That 38 metre tall chimney must have helped a little but don't forget all the horse manure and night carts, they were definitely smellier times. The municipal destructor is now a gentrified place that's home to restaurants and businesses, like the superb Milenta restau...
We were all set to announce this when a certain global pandemic stepped in to disrupt our plans. We’ve had to keep this a secret since 2019.
Urban Sketchers Auckland will be hosting the 11th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Auckland – Tāmaki Makaurau, in New Zealand – Aotearoa, 19-22 April 2023.
We’ve secured an awesome venue just a block from the heart of Auckland and we’re working on a tantalising selection of workshops, lectures, and sketch walks that we know you are going to love.
Follow @urbansketchers and hashtag #USKSYMPOSIUM2023for more key announcements over the coming weeks.
An added bonus is I get to create the 'sketchy kiwi' mascot in all it's various forms! #usksymposium2023
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