Britomart is a community in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, full of quirky fashion shops, design studios, bars, cafes and offices. BRITOMART ONLINE Britomart.orgFacebookYouTubeVimeoFlickrBritomart Scenezine MagazineTwitter var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-739441-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Tumblr (3.0; @britomart)http://blog.britomart.org/<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aimc8zJW1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/872555885http://blog.britomart.org/post/872555885Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:01:24 +1200artwatch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l658viMGNl1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/859370832http://blog.britomart.org/post/859370832Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:42:00 +1200eatdrinkplayfirst thursdays<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5mol2U5PE1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Postponed till Thursday 29 July due to bad weather</p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/817558580http://blog.britomart.org/post/817558580Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:07:00 +1200artwatch<p><img src="http://www.britomart.org/images/uploads/PARISISBURNING_Web1.jpg" width="500" height="702"/></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/799635350http://blog.britomart.org/post/799635350Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:48:38 +1200listenparty<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2010/jul/auckland-cbd/djs-philippa-and-ill"><img src="http://s1.eventfinder.co.nz/uploads/events/transformed/100100-65996-14.jpg" width="448" height="630"/></a></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/779739836http://blog.britomart.org/post/779739836Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:52:33 +1200party<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4769993792_2d3254ca4b_o.jpg" width="495" height="157"/></p> <p><strong>FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL - Monday 12th July 2010</strong><br/>C’mon down to the Northen Steamship to watch the FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL<br/><br/>First 10 people through the doors to watch the finals<br/>will receive a Pitcher of Tap Beer and a Northern Steamship VIP Card :)<br/><br/>Doors Open At 6am<br/><br/><strong>EVERY MONDAY! Steamship Quiz Night</strong><br/><br/>‘The battle of the brains’ every Monday night from 7:30pm.<br/><br/>Come to the quiz.</p> <p><strong>Thursday 8th July</strong><br/>Northern Steamship Sound Lounge…feat Eli<br/><br/>Eli playing that baby making music this Thursday night.<br/>A lot of people have commented that my fondness of Eli is similar to the movie “single white female”. That’s preposterous I’m not Jennifer Jason Leigh. Duh!!</p> <p><strong>Friday 9th July</strong><br/>Rose Alice<br/><br/>Rose Alice, by all accounts, is the nicest DJ we’ve had the pleasure of playing here. Not only does she play the funkiest of funkiest tracks, she will even give you a knowing nod and a pat on the head when you request the new Miley Cyrus song. And when she does play it for me I’m gonna giggle like a little girl.</p> <p><strong>Saturday 30th July </strong><br/>Tri Nations: All Blacks vs. South Africa – kickoff @ 7:30<br/><br/>DJ Calloy<br/><br/>DJ Calloy making it reign this Saturday evening. <br/>I’m very excited about the tune selection. I have yet to meet DJ Calloy and am hoping to make a good impression. So to be on the safe side, this Saturday night, I am wearing my lucky MC Hammer pants and my Team Jacob t-shirt. Because the last thing I want to do is look like an idiot<br/><br/>For a private function or just a lazy lunch booking, please phone 09 374 3952 to talk to one of our friendly staff. <br/><br/></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/779067428http://blog.britomart.org/post/779067428Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:36:41 +1200eatdrinkwatchlisten<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l54c17SeQu1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/775408171http://blog.britomart.org/post/775408171Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:19:55 +1200artwatch<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5205uthjO1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/770530045http://blog.britomart.org/post/770530045Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:08:18 +1200shop<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4t3cf9vFD1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/752001089http://blog.britomart.org/post/752001089Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:38:39 +1200EatDrink<p><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs552.ash1/32218_399513020781_68955380781_4099828_5026105_n.jpg" width="504" align="text-bottom" height="663"/></p> <p>Both the Seafarers Building and Masonic House feature as locations in the <em>No Control </em>and <em>Next… Wednesday</em> fashion spreads in the latest  3D (!) <a target="_blank" href="http://www.remix.co.nz/">Remix Magazine.</a> Plus a sweet feature on our friends at <a target="_blank" href="http://federation.co.nz/">Federation</a> talkin’ bout jeans. Definitely worth a read.</p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/732939518http://blog.britomart.org/post/732939518Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:37:00 +1200look<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l30eadhQKw1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/633349596http://blog.britomart.org/post/633349596Wed, 26 May 2010 16:11:00 +1200playwatchlets hope it doesn't rain this time<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2qqzuLbue1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/617390337http://blog.britomart.org/post/617390337Fri, 21 May 2010 11:09:30 +1200shop<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2nbmjBf6m1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/611883496http://blog.britomart.org/post/611883496Wed, 19 May 2010 14:44:42 +1200play<p> <object width="500" height="281"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11175747&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11175747&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="281"></embed></object> </p> <p>I came across this great video on the web, talking about the dying craft of hand painted signs. As much as possible here in Britomart we like to use that method and carry on the tradition. Below are some cool remnants of old signs, or ghost signs, that can be seen around Britomart, a historic photo of Britomart signs in their original state, and some of our more recent hand painted work.</p> <p><img alt="Bucklands Building" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4602675872_a627cf703e_o.jpg" width="500" height="599"/></p> <p><img alt="Quay Building" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1049/4602675924_32eec312c1_o.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p> <p><img alt="Stanbeth Building" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/4602675900_f2f33447b6_o.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3381/4602675948_136e797913_o.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/4602061413_09278fedeb_o.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4602675970_0571a19bb7_o.jpg" width="500" height="500"/></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/593625634http://blog.britomart.org/post/593625634Thu, 13 May 2010 11:35:35 +1200look<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0uhl55aYy1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>NZ Music Month Kicks Off At Britomart</strong><br/><br/>Make sure you’re at Britomart on Saturday 1 May. First Bang Bang Eche and The Transistors play a free gig in the Union Fish Building to launch of NZ Music Month. Then bStreet 2010 will rock the precinct with 12 bFM bands and DJs playing three Britomart venues. More info and the chance to score a free bCard <a target="_blank" href="http://www.britomart.org/index.php/enjoy/event_special/bstreet_and_nz_music_month_at_britomart">here.</a></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/519737854http://blog.britomart.org/post/519737854Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:29:29 +1200watchlistenparty<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0fgdcYuhI1qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/499251927http://blog.britomart.org/post/499251927Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:39:12 +1200watch<p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4471643402_8f529fe151.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="743"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4470863505_113b9876a9.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="333"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4470863377_7fd23fb898.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="333"/></p> <p><img alt="photo by WWF_Norrie Montgomery" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4066/4468482302_033662bf98.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="333"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2680/4468481592_0e4648cc4b.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="333"/></p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4467705929_fd61b372ec.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="347"/></p> <p>BEFORE:</p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4466860628_1368342776.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="335"/></p> <p>AFTER:</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4466086555_fbbce91f5e.jpg" width="500" align="top" height="326"/></p> <p>Images by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/britomartnz/" target="_blank">Britomart</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48334313@N06/" target="_blank">WWF (Norrie Montgomery</a>) and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/48334313@N06/" target="_blank">Earth Hour NZ</a></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/480540492http://blog.britomart.org/post/480540492Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:45:45 +1300lookparty<p><img src="http://www.britomart.org/images/uploads/WEBSITEearth-hour.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></p> <p>At 8:30pm on Saturday, March 27, 2010, towns and cities across the world will celebrate Earth Hour by turning off their lights for one hour to take a stand against climate change.<br/><br/> Britomart, Heart of the City, Auckland City Council, MORE FM and WWF NZ are proud to be hosting Auckland City’s Earth Hour 2010 celebration! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.britomart.org/index.php/enjoy/event_special/earth_hour_2010">Learn more here</a></p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/470959013http://blog.britomart.org/post/470959013Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:42:09 +1300partylisten<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9fmlYKz61qzslz6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.britomart.org/post/334778575http://blog.britomart.org/post/334778575Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:23:09 +1300watch<p><img src="http://www.britomart.org/images/uploads/gs_spago.jpg" width="227" align="text-bottom" height="379"/></p> <p>Happy to announce we have two new eateries in Britomart to tempt your taste buds!</p> <p><b>General Store </b><br/> Open from 7am to 6pm<br/> 54 Customs Street East<br/> Open Now<br/><br/><b>Spago – Fresh Italian </b><br/> Open from 10am to late (to be confirmed) <br/> 46 Customs Street East<br/> Opening date: Thursday 21st January 2010</p>http://blog.britomart.org/post/334772808http://blog.britomart.org/post/334772808Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +1300eat