Editing Point Chevalier (section)

==Architecture and landmarks==
The Liverpool Estate is a piece of land bordered at one end by Great North and Point Chevalier Roads. Besides housing, it now contains a supermarket, assorted shops and the Point Chevalier Community Library. The estate was created in 1913 by a group known as the Liverpool Estate Syndicate and was marketed as a "last opportunity" to acquire main road frontage close to the city. It was only a fifteen-minute walk to the Arch Hill terminus and a significant selling point was that a motorbus passed by. The Point Chevalier Motor Bus Company ran from 1915-1920 and was owned by prominent locals, including a member of the Dignan family. Following the First World War with the rising price of oil, it went into voluntary liquidation. Estate land was also connected to sewerage and drainage, gas and water were available on the boundary and a school was nearby. Another factor was that it was not far from the "beautiful Point Chevalier beach."<ref>[http://heritageetal.blogspot.co.nz/2014/10/point-chevaliers-liverpool-estate.html Heritage et AL: Point Chevalier's Liverpool Estate]</ref>

Several of the streets in the Liverpool Estate were named after New Zealand birds – Moa, Huia and Kiwi Roads and Tui Street - and according to the book Rangi-Mata-Rau: Pt Chevalier Centennial 1861-1961,<ref>[http://www.elgar.govt.nz/record=b1578315~S2 Auckland Libraries: Rangi-mata-rau: the story of Pt Chevalier, 1861-1961]</ref> it was a bird-loving (although unnamed) member of the Dignan family who got the honour of naming them.

The houses of the area are predominantly 1920s [[California bungalow|California-style]] bungalows and 1930s and 1940s [[Art Deco]] houses, which gives the suburb an interesting interwar atmosphere. Rising property values have spurred gentrification and subdivision in recent years, particularly north of Meola Road and in locations near to the water. Towards the northern end of the peninsula there are many houses from the postwar period, and a number of larger architect-designed homes have recently appeared close to Point Chevalier Beach.

There is a certain amount of light industry located in the area, especially close to [[Great North Road, Auckland|Great North Road]]. Up until the mid-2000s car yards were a common land use along this road.

There is a retirement community, [[Selwyn Village]], on the western side, overlooking the Waitematā Harbour. This community is run by an Anglican church trust and includes self-contained houses and apartments, bed-sits, a hospital, and a chapel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.selwynfoundation.org.nz/villages/residential-care/selwyn-village/ |title=About Selwyn Village |accessdate=2020-03-08 |publisher=The Selwyn Foundation}}</ref>

The main shopping area at the intersection of Point Chevalier Road and Great North Road was developed during the interwar period; the most notable of the buildings here are:

* The former cinema (1920s designed by Sinclair O'Connor)<ref>[http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/Council/services/heritage/pc217gnr.asp Ambassador Theatre, Auckland City Council web page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016022647/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/services/heritage/pc217gnr.asp |date=16 October 2008 }}</ref> later known as the 'Ambassador' theatre, and currently the Ambassador Bar. The bar is owned by sculptor [[Peter Roche]], who works on his artworks in the building.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://m.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10711702 |title=My Auckland: Pt Chevalier |last=Herald |first=New Zealand |website=m.nzherald.co.nz |access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/auckland-city-harbour-news/7954102/Peter-Roches-cinematic-new-show |title=Peter Roche's cinematic new show |last=Street |first=Danielle |date=2012-11-16 |newspaper=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=English |access-date=2016-03-13}}</ref>
*ASB Bank: Great North Road. This small neo-classical building is one of the many buildings commissioned by the Auckland Savings Bank from the architect Daniel B. Patterson. Similar buildings appear in Auckland suburban centres and in provincial towns throughout the Auckland Province. As of late 2016, the branch is now closed
*The current Point Chevalier Public Library located at the junction of Point Chevalier Road and Great North Road was opened in 1989.
*The former Point Chevalier Fire Station located on the corner of Point Chevalier Road and Tui Street. This 1920s classical style building is now occupied by a hostel.
*[[Carrington Hospital]] is a former lunatic asylum that was Auckland's main psychiatric hospital for over a century. It has a category 1 heritage registration and has had two wings demolished to make way for a road.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Sam |title=What is going on with this derelict former psychiatric hospital? |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350182131/what-going-derelict-former-psychiatric-hospital |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
*"The Old Homestead", a 19th-century wooden farmhouse, was located until 2013 at the corner of Alberta Street and Point Chevalier Road. It was removed for storage and renovation at Kumeu by its owners, the Homestead Community Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11159669 |accessdate=5 June 2017 |title=Homestead moving off site - for now |date=20 November 2013 |publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref> The church has built a new replica building on the same site.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}