1911
Eden Lodge: The Freemasons Hall in Upper Queen St is built. Architect: B.C.Chilwell ARIBA- Builder: J.E.Guthrie. The Foundation stone laid on June 11 1911 by Rt. Wor. Bro. J.R.Reed [extant]

1912
Number 1 Beresford Street is built as the premises of the Central fire station by the new Metropolitan FireBoard. Notable for it’s brick facade and lookout tower.[extant] An extension to the 1902 Pitt street building. In 1944 following the construction of the new Central Fire Station on the corner of Greys Avenue & Pitt Street this building will become the National Office of the St.Johns Ambulance until the opening

1912
Bank of New Zealand building on the Cnr K’rd & East St. Mahoney & Son [ extant]

1913
The Newton Palace Cinema is opened on K’rd [ next to the Naval & Family Pub ] It will later be known as The Palace. This building has frontages on both K’rd & Beresford St. At various times it is used as a Trade Union Hall and The Newton Foresters Hall. [ extant ] Close by its Beresford St entrance was located a bottle exchange.

1913
The Alhambra Cinema opens at 41 K’rd [ opposite the Jewish cemetery ]. By 1915 it will called the Grafton, then the Tivoli in 1917. After it ceases to be used as a cinema in the late 60s the Tivoli will continue as a dance venue until demolition in the 1970s ]

1913
The Great Industrial Exhibition is held in the Auckland Domain- 1 Dec 1913 – 18 April

1913
John Courts K’rd branch opens.[?] Mahoney & Son Architects.

1913
K’rd is resurfaced in wooden blocks. Some of these are visible through the asphalt at the top of Queen St.

1913
September 13 . Police Pointsmen commence duty at the intersections of Symonds St/Grafton Bridge, Symonds St/Khyber Pass, K’rd/Pitt St, Queen St/Wellesley St, Queen/Custom Sts.

1913
A speed limit of 8 miles an hour across Grafton Bridge is set.

1914. Attended by 870,000 people the Exhibition will result in a profit of £11,000. The “ideal home” is extant, it still stands in the Domain next to the duck ponds, it is currently used as a restaurant/ice cream shop.

1914
The Mayor of Auckland C.J.Parr initiates a clean up programme. Amongst other civic improvements this will lead directly to the creation of Myers Park.

1914
Sir Arthur Mielzinier Myers 1868–1926 [ former Mayor of Auckland & Brewery Managing director ] donates £10,000 to transform 2.4 ha of wasteland into Myers Park and to construct the Myers Kindergarten.[extant] [ Chilwell & Trevithick Architects ]

1914-18
Around this time upper Pitt Street is renamed France Street to honour our wartime ally. Upper Queen Street is given the name Belgium St at this time but at some unspecified time the name reverts to Upper Queen Street.

1916 Auckland Grammar School moves to new premises in Mountain road, Mt Eden.

1916 Electric trams finally reach K’rd- the route to Symonds St via Wellesley St is abandoned-The Great North road tram services still use Wellesley St west- Pitt St as their route to K ’rd.

1918/19 The Nathan family vacate St.Kevin’s and move to their weekend & holiday residence in Manurewa. Following a fire they will rebuild their Manurewa house in 1924.