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Construction start. 1851. 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.
Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Cathedral Square, locally known simply as the Square, is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located. The square stands at the theoretical crossing of the city's two main orthogonal streets, Colombo Street and Worcester ...
The land around Market Place (later Victoria Square) was some of the first sold in Christchurch. The original lot where Isaac House now stands was number TS 587, and was sold to the builder Isaac Luck in 1851. [2] In 1859 a two-storey wooden building named The Apothecaries' Hall was constructed on the site by builder Thomas Tombs for the ...
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 ...
The flagship Colombo Street store was still operating more than 100 years later, in 2020. [4] Smiths City opened its first store outside Christchurch, in Filleul Street, Dunedin, in 1977. [2] By March 2020, it had 29 stores. [3] In 1983, Smiths City purchased 80% of Noel Leeming Television Limited. Following the company being placed into ...
Sydenham Heritage Church, originally known as the Colombo Street Methodist Church or Colombo Street Wesleyan Church or Colombo Road Wesleyan Church was a heritage-listed stone church building located in Sydenham, an inner suburb Christchurch, New Zealand. [1] It was registered as an "Historic Place – Category II " by the New Zealand Historic ...
Sydenham. / 43.550°S 172.633°E / -43.550; 172.633. Sydenham is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, two kilometres south of the city centre, on and around the city's main street, Colombo Street. It is a residential, retail and light industrial suburb.
2 MacMillan Avenue, Cashmere. Media related to Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons. I. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch [34] 136 Barbadoes Street. Roman Catholic cathedral built 1901–1905. Damaged during the February 2011 earthquake. Demolition began in September 2020.