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The Gloucester Street central library building was extensively damaged during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, [1] [2] and was demolished to make way for a new convention centre. [1] [2] [10] In its place, a new Central Library design was approved. While it was being built, two temporary central libraries operated in 87–91 Peterborough Street.
The name thus values the location where Paikea's house was located. Christchurch city councillors approved the name in September 2017. There was an initial intention to give the library an English descriptor of "A Place of Discovery" but this idea was dropped and it is just called Tūranga. [13] [14]
It was also known as the Central Library. It opened in 1982 on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street but was closed on the day of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. After the earthquake temporary libraries to serve the Central City were set up at South City Mall, Tuam Street, Manchester Street and Peterborough Street.
The avenues were named for early Christchurch city founding fathers (Samuel Bealey, John and William Deans, James FitzGerald, William Sefton Moorhouse, and William Rolleston), with the exception of Harper Avenue (formerly Park Road) which was renamed in 1931 to honour retiring Christchurch Domains Board chairman Sir George Harper.
Community of the Sacred Name [38] 181 Barbadoes Street ... Canterbury Public Library (former), ... 96–98 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City
Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch, New Zealand.It is defined as the area within the Four Avenues (Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue and Deans Avenue [4]) and thus includes the densely built up central city, some less dense surrounding areas of residential, educational and industrial usage, and green ...
Colombo Street is a main road of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.It runs south-north through the centre of Christchurch with a break at Cathedral Square.As with many other central Christchurch streets, it is named for a colonial Anglican bishopric, Colombo, Sri Lanka in what at the time was known as Ceylon.
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