Cathedral Square hosted one of New Zealand’s most significant historic events after the armistice was signed by the Western Allies and the Central Powers on 11th November 1918 in Paris, Franc…
The first stone structure built in Cathedral Square was the small Gothic stone Torlesse building. Situated in the south-west corner of the square, the two storey, three gable dormer windowed buildi…
The impressive Bank of New Zealand building occupied a large corner of Cathedral Square and junction of Hereford and Colombo Streets. The Bank of New Zealand was first established in Auckland in 18…
The streets are quiet – a parked car sits outside Dalgety’s, a lone tram rumbles towards the tram sheds and a tired delivery horse stands with his head bowed, eating chaff from his feed…
After World War One, there was a growing appetite for the glitzy glamour of the ‘Jazz Age’ and Hollywood. Christchurch residents were hungry to embrace American culture and its new comm…
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
The Royal Exchange’s beautiful tower, dome and decorative facade is taking shape as the building nears completion. Fresh to the shores of New Zealand, the Australian architect brothers …
Christchurch Cathedral Square held its first Anzac Day dawn service since the earthquakes.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 21 October 2012 entitled, "Back by maternal demand".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 23 December 2012 entitled, "Pallets and pop-up tearooms".
A pdf copy of panel 14 of Guy Frederick's 'The Space Between Words' exhibition. The panel includes text from an interview with Gerard Smythe about his experiences of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Above this is an image of Smythe sitting outside the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
For the first Catholics in Christchurch, the purchasing of land within the city boundaries was met with great difficulty. Their first hurdle was to secure land from the Anglican dominated hierarchy…
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 16 November 2013 entitled, "Mother Mary".
Dominating a once simpler Cathedral Square, are the formidable buildings – Government Life Insurance Building, the Grand Theatre, the Crystal Palace Theatre, the Reuters Telegram Company Buil…
The construction of government buildings have long attracted opinion and criticism and the Italian Renaissance style Government Buildings on the corner of Worcester street and Cathedral Square were…
After the September, 1888 earthquake centred in Hanmer caused extensive damage to the Christchurch cathedral, the government geologist, Alexander McKay was sent out to review the land damage. This …
On this summer’s day in 1906, the ten o’clock morning tram to Sumner is about to depart from outside the Royal Exchange in Cathedral Square. An excursion to Sumner was a popular outing …
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
It’s just before 3pm on a late summer day in 1914. Prolific Christchurch photographer, Steffano Webb is setting up his camera equipment inside the gents’ hairdressing saloon of well kno…
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 11 January 2013 entitled, "Only slightly loco".
Have you always wanted to travel the world? See the famous cathedrals of Europe? Smell the streets of China? Taste the spices of India? But travelling is expensive and everything’s just so damn far away, right? Well have we got … Continue reading →
Page 5 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Saturday 26 October 2013.
Page 6 of Section O of the Christchurch Press, published on Wednesday 23 February 2011.
In our last post, Jeremy talked about the site of H. F. Stevens, wholesale druggist, on Worcester Street near Cathedral Square. We excavated the site in 2011 and found a number of artefacts, including the Udolpho Wolfe’s bottles featured last … Continue reading →
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "Ceres Environment Ready to Chip in for Christchurch".
A PDF copy of the site map for Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales was the main event of FESTA 2013; a carnivalesque procession through the central city, led by Free Theatre Christchurch. Sculptural installations and performances were part of the procession, which started at the Bridge of Remembrance and ended in Cathedral Square.
A blog post from US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, David Huebner, titled, "American Search and Rescue Team Gifts Large Cache of High-Tech Equipment to Kiwi Counterparts".
A PDF copy of pages 350-351 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Concrete Propositions'. Images: Ash Keating Concrete Propositions 2012. Acrylic house paint on concrete. Copyright the artist. Courtesy the artist and Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne Australia. Photo: John Collie.
A PDF copy of pages 282-283 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Co-Location of Secondary Schools in Christchurch Post 22 February 2011 Earthquake'. Photo: Phil Arvidson. With permission: St Bede's, Marian College and the Ministry of Education.