Once established in Wellington , and after the extension of his office into the Hawke 's Bay following the 1931 earthquake , Anscombe travelled to the United States again visiting the Chicago World 's Fair for three weeks in July 1933 . On this same trip he visited Long Beach , California where he was " " very impressed with the beautiful waterfront feature enclosing an area of of still water . " " This influenced his 1945 proposal for a bandshell and amenities on a wide promenade wall to enclose of still water with an illuminated fountain at Oriental Bay , published in '' The Evening Post '' in February 1945 . Such schemes were sometimes extensions of building projects as in the case of the Post and Telegraph Building in Herd St which shaped a proposed gardens in Chaffers Park part of a plan , which was realised , to extend Cable St as " a new approach to Oriental Bay . " Anscombe also contributed to the discussion of the shaping of the Civic Centre , publishing a scheme in '' The Dominion '' in June 1934
1931 earthquake
1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Edmund Anscombe