Victoria Park Market

Victoria Park Market up until April 2016 the precinct was a craft, souvenir and clothing market and retail complex in Auckland, New Zealand. It is housed in a former waste depot and incinerator complex. The Market was located in Freemans Bay and took its name from the adjacent Victoria Park which was created in 1905 and named after the late Queen who had died four years earlier.The area has undergone a $22M refurbishment allowing for the earthquake proofing of the historic buildings and the introduction of some new building. The precinct is now Victoria Park Village The Victoria Park Village is a cluster of galleries, workshops, studios, offices, eateries and retail stores as well as a gym and Pilates Studio. Also adjoining the site is a hotel The weekend Pop Up Markets recommenced in June 2017 after the refurbishment works were completed. . There is a popular Celebrity Walk of Fame, this opened in 1984, which features the hand or footprints of famous New Zealanders including Sir Edmund Hillary, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Billy T James, John Walker and Rachel Hunter.Site historyThe site of the Victoria Park Market buildings was originally part headland and part foreshore of Freemans Bay. In the late 1870s the bay began to be reclaimed, and various commercial and residential buildings were erected on the widened foreshore. The street directly behind and above the market runs along the top of the ancient Seacliff.