281 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City
29 reports on record since December 2017 · 28 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 153 Madras Street — 73 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 28 on record
Reported here
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti on property facing Armagh St
Overgrown Vegetation — As you approach this intersection travelling east along Armagh st. The traffic lights on the northern side are covered by a tree & not visib
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Tags on traffic controllers at 281 Madras Street corner of Armagh Street.
Playground Equipment — 
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa — Black paint tags on traffic controller at 281 Madras Street.
Overgrown Vegetation — As you approach this intersection heading east the traffic signals are obscured from say 30 meters back on both sides. Not until you are ver
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — 
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Black and blue paint tags on this asset by 281 Madras Street.
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Pink and white graffiti on green cabinet. Madras St.
Pavement - Damaged — Old pole needs taking right down to footpath level near 281 Madras Street. OHS issue for pedestrians safety at present.
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art — 
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti somewhere else — Pole
Graffiti somewhere else — 
Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset — Black paint tag on anonymous padlocked electrical asset at the corner of Madras and Armagh Streets.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — Graffiti above the telephone at Edmonds telephone cabinet
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure — At margret mahy barbecue area close to river
- Poles and Signage - General —
Graffiti — Yellow paint tag (plus sticky tags) on metal lamp pole on Madras Street a tad north of Armagh Street.
Parks — 3 missing/dead trees. Can they be replaced? The soil looks poor quality also, could do with a bucket of compost under each new tree too...
Graffiti — Margaret may toilet number 2
Parks — Missing lid in grass by MM playground
Graffiti — Graffiti —
Inside top of one of tube slides
Parks —
One of the barbecues (indicated in the photo) is not working.
Also reported on Madras Street
- 153 Madras Street — 73 reports
- 169 Madras Street — 50 reports
- 145 Madras Street — 49 reports
- 282 Madras Street — 37 reports
- 160 Madras Street — 35 reports
- 163 Madras Street — 32 reports
- 167 Madras Street — 28 reports
- 264 Madras Street — 27 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Madras Street in 161 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006 — 17 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Poplars Reserve — 96 m to the edge · Botanic
- Cambridge Reserve — 155 m to the edge
- Fire Fighters Reserve — 164 m to the edge
- Latimer Square — 167 m to the edge · Botanic · 2 ha
- Edmonds Band Rotunda — 248 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary — the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Turanga Library — 467 m away · Library · Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre — the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Table at Monks — 30 m away · Restaurants
- City Putt and Cruise — 58 m away · Attractions
- Christchurch Sea Kayaking — 101 m away · Attractions
- Kea Coffee Cafe Cart — 111 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin — OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 168 m away · route 5, route 7
- Gloucester St near Latimer Square — 184 m away · route 5, route 7
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 34 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 36 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 92 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 121 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City — 211 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself — the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register — bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby — the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- ANZCO Foods — 96 m away ·
ANZCO FOODS / Donated for the people of Canterbury to enjoy, following fundraising by ANZC
· 2017 - Heritage Christchurch Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented — 105 m away ·
HERITAGE CHRISTCHURCH Edmonds’ Telephone Cabinet Presented 1929 Architect H. Francis Willi
· 2009 - H. Francis Willis — 105 m away ·
H. FRANCIS WILLIS. RENNELL BROS / ARCHITECT BUILDERS / W T TRETHEWEY / SCULPTOR
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres — the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Christchurch Central City ran about $508 a week — $42 below the city median of $550 — the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What was here — Dwellings and Setting
65 m away · 86 Chester Street East · located to ±15 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Dwellings and Setting
96 m away · 100 Chester Street East · located to ±13 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Edmonds Clock Tower, Telephone Cabinet and Setting
106 m away · 295F Madras Street · located to ±15 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Poplars, Lamp Standards and Setting
153 m away · located to ±139 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here — Former MED Converter Station and Substation
158 m away · 102/210 Armagh Street · located to ±30 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Central ward — the Papanui-Innes-Central community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air — the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
29 council reports on record since December 2017 — most often graffiti somewhere else (7), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (4), graffiti (4).
Christchurch Central City, Christchurch — on Madras Street.
The heritage register names 5 places at or beside it — Dwellings and Setting, Dwellings and Setting.
Poplars Reserve — 96 m to its edge.