SUMMER SERIES: 1. Our Vital Links
That imposing multi-storey structure in Cooks Street is the city's automatic telephone exchange and, while it's a vital link for Whanganui and district, there have been changes happening inside.
The signage on the outside has changed recently, too - it now bears the Chorus name - but its purpose remains the same: It's all about communications.
A Chorus spokesman said it houses equipment bringing phone and internet services to Whanganui and surrounding areas.
"Basically, every household's broadband connection on our copper and fibre networks is connected to this building," he said.
