Michael Fowler's latest book "Promenading: Napier's Iconic Marine Parade" looks at the history of this area from 1854 to 2024. In the 1870s the sea reached over and beyond buildings on what was then called Beach Road, and the development into a Marine Parade after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake raised the foreshore. Attractions such as Marineland and the Aquarium could then be built on the foreshore. The book shows how the Marine Parade was developed from a shingle spit into today's waterfront Mecca today of sunken gardens, playgrounds, conference centre and the famous soundshell. There was significant tension between a service club called the Thirty Thousand Club and the Napier Borough Council in developing the area post-1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake" Hardcover book has 254 pages of full colour images where appropriate.