chch.live the same corner, decade by decade

The central city, decade by decade.

Pick a listed place and see the ground under it in six aerial survey flights: 1925, 1935, 1940, 1960, 1970 and 1975. The city you know was built on top of most of what is in these frames.

Pick a listed place

Every place here is in the District Plan heritage schedule, inside the four avenues. The register records the place and its list number; it does not yet record which of them still stand, so this page does not claim a building is gone. It shows you what was at that corner, decade by decade, and lets the photograph say the rest.

Reading the register…