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The last Government department to occupy the building was the Ministry of Works and Development. [1] After being vacant for some time the building was threatened to be demolished in 1991. On 11 July 1991 the Christchurch City Council purchased the building from the government for $735,000. The council then sold it to the ‘Symphony Group’ in ...
Our City, more formally Our City O-Tautahi, also known as the Old Municipal Chambers, [1] is a Queen Anne style building on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace in the Christchurch Central City. It is a Category I heritage building registered with Heritage New Zealand. [2]
In 1881, New Zealand’s first telephone exchange was installed in the building. Post services were offered from the building until 2000 when it was re-purposed to house a Christchurch tourist information centre and a restaurant, café and offices. [4] Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake the building closed.
Chief Post Office, Christchurch; Chippenham Lodge; Cholmondeley Children's Centre; Christchurch Central Library; Christchurch Club; Christchurch Convention Centre; Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology; Christchurch railway station, New Zealand; Christchurch Town Hall; The Civic, Christchurch; Community of the Sacred Name; Cracroft ...
The Christchurch Town Hall, since 2007 formally known as the Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts, opened in 1972, is Christchurch, New Zealand's premier performing arts centre. It is located in the central city on the banks of the Avon River overlooking Victoria Square , opposite the former location of the demolished Christchurch ...
The buildings are the only purpose-built provincial government buildings in New Zealand still in existence these days. [2] The other remaining building is that of the Southland Province in Invercargill , which was built in 1864 as a Masonic lodge and was purchased by the Southland Provincial Council as their council chambers in 1866.
The building, valued at £21,000, was lost, with only the façade left standing. [14] The city organ, which was donated by the Government after the 1906 New Zealand International Exhibition, valued at £5,000 [14] and insured for £3,750 [13] was also consumed by the flames. The building had only recently been offered to the Christchurch 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 ...