Stop the sale of Queen Elizabeth Square in downtown Auckland

A couple of weeks ago the bus shelters that have restricted views and divided Auckland's main downtown square, were demolished. Buses have moved to Lower Albert Street.

This picture was taken from the Ferry Building. You can begin to see again the extent of the big downtown public open space that Auckland had from the mid 1970's. Yes - it hasn't worked that well with the shopping centre retail all facing inward - steadfastly ignoring the square.

Redevelopment accompanying the CRL tunnel, and Precinct's above ground development can change all that - and contribute to making this a grand welcoming space - telling the story of Auckland's waterfront downtown history - and becoming a place filled with people and interest.