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Architecture: Lots of charm
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    • TheWanderingCamel
  • Updated By TheWanderingCamel on May 28, 2006
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    • Our City - former Municipal Chambers - Christchurch
    Our City - former Municipal
    Chambers
    by TheWanderingCamel, 4 more photos
    Christchurch is full of architectural gems - small ones admittedly, you won't find any of the "Great Buildings of the World" here, but what you will find is a harmonious collection of mostly Victorian buildings, built from local materials and in sympathy with each other and the community at large. There's lots of grey stone neo-Gothic - the Arts Centre, Cathedral, Provincial Council Buildings, Canterbury Museum, Victoria Street Clock Tower, Christ's College are all good examples, but some attractive red brick can be found too, often finished with white quoins and ornamentation of varying degrees of elaborateness - the old Central Post Office and The Press buildings on Cathedral Square and the former Municipal Chambers by the Worcester Street Bridge are particularly notable.

    Smaller in scale but favourites of mine are The Antigua Street Boatsheds, which make a very pretty picture with their striped paintwork and colourful boats nestling under the willows by the river, and the cute llittle (wee in Kiwi-speak) Shands Emporium in Hereford Street - a tiny little green wooden building that has been doing business here since 1860.

    Looking up brings rewards too - there are some lovely towers to be seen atop some of the city's buildings, as well as coats of arms and other features.

    Good modern buildings are harder to find though the new art Gallery's a stunning addition to the city.

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    Architecture: Old Christchurch Girl's High School
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    • fishandchips
  • Updated By fishandchips on April 23, 2008
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    • Old Girl's High School - Christchurch
    Old Girl's High School
    by fishandchips
    The original Christchurch Girls' High School was opened on 13 Sept. 1877 and originally occupied a building on the corner of Hereford Street and Rolleston Avenue. In 1878 plans were submitted for a new building in Cranmer Square and in late 1881 the new building was opened. Extensions were made along Armagh Street and along Montreal Street over a period of 40 or so years. The school is the second oldest girls’ secondary school in New Zealand.

    Girls' High moved to a new site in Deans Avenue, Riccarton, in mid 1986, with the official opening on 10 Nov. 1986. The Cranmer Square building, which you see if ther photo, was bought by the Arts Centre in July 2001. The first building in Hereford Street became the School of Art until it moved to Ilam in 1957. It was then used as an extension to the University Library until the whole University moved to Ilam, when it became part of the Arts Centre of Christchurch.

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    Architecture: The Canterbury Museum
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    • kris-t
  • Updated By kris-t on March 1, 2006
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    • Cristchurch - Christchurch
    Cristchurch
    by kris-t
    The tram runs down Worchester Boulevard with the Arts Centre an its left and the fine old buildings of the Canterbury Museum at the end of the street. The museum opened in 1870 under the directorship of Dr Julius von Haast, the distinguished explorer who was also the provincial geologist - and whose idea it was to build the museum.

    Daily 9AM-5:30PM summer, 9AM-5PM winter. Includes colonial, Maori and natural history sections, Antarctic exploration display, and visiting exhibitions. Admission free to main exhibits (but donation appreciated), $2 for Discovery children's section

    http://www.cantmus.govt.nz/

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    Architecture: Christchurch Anglican...
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    • Architecture - Christchurch
    by rozehill
    Christchurch Anglican Cathedral situated in Cathedral Square. It is possible to go inside this Gothic Cathedral and climb the spire to get a magnificent view over Christchurch City. The Cathedral's spire rises to a height of 64 m and is visible from most parts of the city.

    I enjoy the wide open spaces and short distances to the seaside or countryside.

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    Architecture: Bits and Pieces
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  • By fishandchips on May 6, 2008
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    • Sculpture inside Anthony Harper Building - Christchurch
    Sculpture inside Anthony
    Harper Building
    by fishandchips, 2 more photos
    As with most cities there are a number of icons, murals and sculptures hidden in and around Christchurch. All through Hagley Park and the Botanic gardens there are a large number of iconic sculptures and bits of iron and marble worked into fancy shapes. In the middle of town there is everything from carvings within the Bridge of Remembrance to a sculpture outside the Central Fire station in memory of the help the Christchurch Fire boys did to help after the 11 September mess in New York, USA.

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    Architecture: New Regent Street
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    • kris-t
  • Updated By kris-t on March 1, 2006
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    • Christchurch - Christchurch
    Christchurch
    by kris-t
    New Regent Street, created in the 1920s, was in complete contrast to the grand Gothic architectural style of Christchurch's earlier buildings. It is alive with cafes and quaint little shops, and a tram that has hardly room to squeeze through . It is one of the city's more intriguing pedestrian malls.

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    Architecture: The Art Center
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    • the Arts Centre - Christchurch
    the Arts Centre
    by kris-t
    Absolutely nessesary to see that place..... I thing the spirit of the Christchurch lives here :))
    When the University of Canterbury shifted to Ilam, local artist moved into the old "townsite" in Worcester Street, now known as the Arts Center. Lecture halls became studios, galleries and craft shops. Market Square houses the popularweekend market which draws many to these fine old Gothic styled duildings.

    Gothic stonework of former University campus converted into complex of over 40 specialty art and craft businesses and performance venues.

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    Architecture: The architecture
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  • Updated By kris-t on June 7, 2003
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    Christchurch
    by kris-t
    I have head that Cristchurch is a mostly English New Zealand town.... Its architecture is interesting very mush for me.
    It's the Sigh og the Takahe, one of a chain of rest houses planned by Harry Ell forhis Summit Road walkway.

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    Architecture: Schools
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  • Updated By kris-t on June 7, 2003
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    Christchurch
    by kris-t
    Schools in Cristchurch look so nice.
    This one is near The botanical gardens.
    It's Christ's College - a private secondary school for boys run along English public school lines. Since 1857 this college has been the training ground for many of Canterbury's "sons of the land", but today its pupils are from varying walks of life. The college's magnificent buildings on Rolleston Avenue include some of Christchurch's oldest and finest architecture.

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    Architecture: City Walks Brochure.
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  • By seagoingJLW on September 8, 2002
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    • Architecture - Christchurch
    by seagoingJLW
    When in Christchurch, take the recommended City Walks. There are three of them. You pick up your map at the Visitors' Center in Cathedral Square.

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