Editors note: This article has been restored from our lost archives 2015-17.

Invercargill City Council’s latest consultant’s First Retail have suggested that the 1990’s plans of making Esk & Don streets one way were mistakes and killed our city centre.

Today we take a look back at some of the designs produced by the then 1990’s consultants, that never quite got across the line.

Proposed plans for Don Street as part of the city upgrade. Would like to know how cars would have driven around this thing. Kinda a good thing they decided to put an umbrella there instead. photo: Old Invercargill

photo: Old Invercargill

The Esk Street Mall that never was. An idea originally proposed by Tim Shadbolt but later scrapped by Mayor David Harrington after Mayor Tim lost the election in 1995. photo: Old Invercargill
Plans for Tay Street as part of the inner city upgrade, centre plots are removed. photo: Old Invercargill
Plans for Dee Street this is close to what we have now. photo: Old Invercargill
Plans for the monument on Tay and Dee Streets. photo: Old Invercargill
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