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An art gallery, a public park, a beach, a theatre, a wind turbine ...
Ideas abound for the finger wharves on Auckland's waterfront but city planners have never got as far as the drawing board.
The only vague concept plan gathering dust on Auckland City Council shelves was sketched three years ago by architect Gordon Moller, a leading player in the Viaduct Harbour redevelopment.
Mr Moller was a vocal critic of the Government's waterfront stadium proposal which he saw as creating a visual and physical barrier between the central city and harbour.
His drawingshows a possible convention centre or theatre, and low-intensity development on wharves reconfigured to emphasise a town basin.
City planning manager John Duthie stresses the council has no firm thoughts on how the wharves could be developed.
An international design competition and extensive public consultation could be undertaken to establish the best use of the area.
"I've seen everything from convention centres to parks covering the whole thing," Mr Duthie says.
He's personally keen to see the maritime identity retained with ferries and tug boats coming and going.
