Mission Hall at 40 - 46 Frederick Street, designed by Frederick de Jersey Clere and built in 1905, the Wellington Chinese Masonic Society building at 23 Frederick Street, built in 1925, and the Tung Jung Association building at 2 Frederick Street, built in 1926. Red light district The area around Marion Street, Vivian Street and Cuba Street was the heart of Wellington's red light district for much of the 20th century. Carmen Rupe, a transgender woman prominent in Wellington in the 1970s, ran Carmen's International Coffee House at 86 Vivian Street where sexual services were available. Carmen is remembered with themed traffic lights in Cuba Street. In Marion Street is a trompe-l'oeil mural of a prostitute leaning on a wall. It was painted by Michael Benseman and Michael Ting in 1990, and references the area's history of prostitution. A television documentary produced in 1989 explored the red light district, interviewing prostitutes, strippers and business owners. In 2018 Wellington City Council installed a rainbow-coloured pedestrian crossing at Dixon Street where it bisects Cuba Mall, and in October 2022 two memorial benches were unveiled at the corner of Cuba Street and Vivian Street. The benches commemorate Carmen Rupe and Chrissy Witoko, another transgender businesswoman in the area, and resulted from a collaboration between PrideNZ, the Chrissy Witoko Memorial Trust and the Cultural Heritage team at Wellington City Council. Demographics The population of Te Aro roughly doubled between 1991 and 1996 and has increased rapidly since then. The rapid growth rate of population in the area become particularly evident at the beginning of the 21st century as apartment buildings were erected (or converted out of former office buildings) all over the suburb. Particularly characteristic are new rooftop apartments on existing buildings. These can be attributed to the relaxation of city by-laws governing commercial building-zones in the early 1990s. In October 2021 Wellington City Council released its draft District Plan which would allow new buildings in Te Aro to reach 42.5 metres or 12 storeys, to cater for projected population growth in the area. Public feedback following release of the draft plan showed many residents were worried about loss of sunlight and privacy. Te Aro, comprising the statistical areas of Dixon Street, Vivian West, Courtenay and Vivian East, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Te Aro had a population of 11,823 at