Peewee’s Playhouse
50 Shades of Forth
Fort Forth
Transforming the house of horrors
Transforming the house of horrors
Hats off to the students who are working towards turning The Chateau on London Street into a habitable home. The Chateau was deemed to be the worst in flat in Dunedin according to the OUSA Flatting Awards that year.
Named flats since 2000
Flatnames, a set on Flickr.
Please contact me if you’d like permission to use these photos flatnames@gmail.com
New Facebook page for the Dunedin Flatnames Project
Community voice : society through the ages
On Wednesday 24 October I’ll be part of a panel presenting and discussing this topic. My talk will be looking at the community of named student flats in Dunedin.
If you’d like a taster, here’s a selection of images I’ll be showing as part of the presentation which is entitled: a unique community in the north end of Dunedin: 80 years in 10 minutes.
If you’re interested in attending – please check out the link below and register.
Map of named students flats in Dunedin
This is by no means complete – I need to do a comprehensive update of all my records, but it does link addresses with photos of named flats. Some are still in situ, many have long gone.
From posh pad to hovels, students vie for Next Top Flat title
Nominee for 2011 Top Flat competition
A house with the leftover carcass of a rotisseried animal lying in its backyard and the hides of bush pigs hanging over a fence is vying for a prize in the Next Top Flat Competition in Dunedin.
Source : Radio NZ 28 September 2011
Dunedin Flat Names Project 