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Cathedral Square
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The Chief Post Office
Articles, Lost Christchurch
The moving of the Post Office from Market Square to its new site in Cathedral Square, was a significant development in Cathedral Square’s importance in Christchurch business and city life. Th…
Market Square: swamp, river and raupo in the central city
Articles, Lost Christchurch
It was hard to avoid sinking up to your knees in wet weather in Market Square in 1862. This panoramic photograph shows Christchurch’s Market Place (later renamed Victoria Square) the damp ge…
Torlesse Building, the first stone structure in Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
Photograph of 18 Cranmer Square (1)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of 18 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (1)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square.
Fairfax Video, November 2011 (6)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cathedral Square, Hereford Street, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, High Street mall, Gloucester Street, Worcester Street, Latimer Square, and AMI House.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (5)
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A photograph of a window of 24 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (8)
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A photograph of a window of 24 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (4)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the front door of 24 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (7)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the front door of 22 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (10)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 22 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (3)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 24 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (6)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the front door of 22 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (2)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 22 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (9)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 22 Cranmer Square.
Photograph of 22-24 Cranmer Square (11)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to 22-24 Cranmer Square.
Fairfax Video, October 2011 (3)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Victoria Square, the Town Hall, Oxford Terrace, Armagh Street, New Regent Street, Gloucester Street, Colombo Street, and Cathedral Square. It also includes footage of excavators demolishing the ChristChurch Cathedral.
Fairfax Video, December 2011 (4)
Videos, UC QuakeStudies
A video of a tour through the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Victoria Square, the Forsyth Barr building, Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Cathedral Square, the BNZ building, Cashel Mall, and the Kathmandu store on High Street.
The Vault - Cathedral Square
Audio, Radio New Zealand
In 1987, Jack Perkins recorded an award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral Square in Christchurch. Thirty years on, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of September 2011 as engineer Gabrielle Parker escorts her Shrough the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
The Vault - Cathedral Square
Audio, Radio New Zealand
Thirty-four years ago, Spectrum producer Jack Perkins recorded his award-winning documentary capturing the life, the sounds and the personalities of Cathedral square in Christchurch. In this edition of The Vault, Deborah Nation parallels that experience with the sounds of 2011 as she is escorted through the earthquake Red Zone into the square as it is today.
Photograph of the Sevicke Jones Building, 53 Cathedral Square (4)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Sevicke Jones Building in Cathedral Square.
Photograph of the Sevicke Jones Building, 53 Cathedral Square (1)
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Sevicke Jones Building in Cathedral Square.
Christchurch Earthquake - Cathedral Square Open
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
A path between the new Cashel Mall shopping area and Cathedral Square was opened this weekend and about 1000 people have gone through every hour. It's the first time this section of city has been open to the public since the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
The Square and the Disappearing Old World of Christchurch
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
Iconic Ice-cream Charlie, Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
‘Ice Cream Charlie’ operated a well-known ice cream cart in Cathedral Square for much of the first half of the twentieth century. He was reknowned for his friendly nature and delicious …
Christchurch Earthquake - The Cathedral Square
Images, eqnz.chch.2010
The Christchurch Cathedral Square showing the Anglican Cathedral after loosing its tower and spire after the 6.3 quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011. This image also shows the remains of the very heavy snow fall we had on Monday 25 July 2011. The centre of the city is still cordoned off. This image was taken from a helicopter flight over the...
Dalgety’s Building, Cathedral Square 1928
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
The Savoy Theatre, Cathedral Square
Articles, Lost Christchurch
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…
Quake Makes World Headlines
Images, UC QuakeStudies
A stack of wooden frames with the words "Quake makes world headlines" written on the uppermost frame. The photographer comments, "This is a sculpture at the CPIT facility in Christchurch. It is a series of squares placed over a column with writing on the squares. It is an excellent movable sculpture that conveys the Christchurch earthquake very well. The squares are placed so that they can slide over each other and even fall inside the other on one side. It is a pity that only two sides of the squares are written on".