185 Empty Chairs

A memorial on the city’s public ground: standing in Christchurch Central.

On the map as

memorial

The suburb

Christchurch Central

Dated

2012

Where it stands

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position, the strong outline is the suburb the map puts it in, the rest are its neighbours.

On the register nearby

Listed places within about 300m: neighbours of the monument, not the monument itself unless the register says so.

Façade and Setting, Former New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury Ltd 214 Cashel Street Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company 101/158 High Street 158 High Street G01/158 High Street Latimer Square and Setting Christchurch Club and Setting 154 Worcester Street · List 292 Triangle Reserve and Setting 189F High Street Commercial Building Façade and Setting 201 High Street Triangle Reserve and Setting 215F High Street

The ground under it

On the plan’s flood map Bells Creek, the managed reach The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study The plan reserves this ground for Stadium Christchurch City Council The plan zones this ground Central City Mixed Use Zone CCMUZ The nearest recorded shake: M4.6 26 December 2010 · ~300 m from the pin · 206 logged within 5 km

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

Latimer Square botanic park · ~150 m Excelsior Hotel Reserve botanic park · ~300 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · ~250 m from the pin Walk and bike track through Woolston track · ~350 m from the pin 22 February 2011 earthquake memorial monument · under 150 m Spires monument · ~200 m Corgis on High monument · ~250 m Woods from the Trees monument · ~250 m

The reports nearby

3,669 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,064 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Hazard, vehicle Canterbury · 11 October 2026

Poles and Signage - General 115 Lichfield St · 11 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 204 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City · 10 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 224 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch Central City · 10 October 2026

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art 205 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City · 8 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 147 Lichfield St · 8 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 231 Madras St · 8 October 2026

Park - General Request 145 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City · 7 October 2026

Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet Hereford St near Barbadoes St, Christchurch Central City · 6 October 2026

General Request Rauora Park 214 Manchester Street, Christchurch Central City · 5 October 2026

Hazard, vehicle 125 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central City · 5 October 2026

Pavement - Damaged 213 Tuam St · 5 October 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is 185 Empty Chairs?

A memorial in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in Christchurch Central. Dated 2012.

Where does 185 Empty Chairs stand?

In Christchurch Central, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps 8 places within 300m of it.

Is the pin on the map exact?

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.

The record behind this

This row was added to the record, the open map doesn’t draw it yet. The name and the facts are its Wikidata entry’s; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

This page as markdown: /memorial/185-empty-chairs.md · every monument as data: /memorials.geojson · on the big map: /map?layer=memorials · the quiet ground: the cemeteries · every roll, counted: /geography.