From the air

The Arcades

A sculpture on the city’s public ground: standing in Christchurch Central. Also recorded as “The Arcades Project”.

On the map as

sculpture

The suburb

Christchurch Central

Made of

wood

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.

Floral Clock and Setting 66 Chester Street West The Christchurch Town Hall and Setting Former Market Place Bridge/Hamish Hay Bridge and Setting Captain James Cook Statue and Setting 89 Armagh Street · List 1860 Former Magistrates Court and Setting 85 Armagh Street · List 5308 Horse Watering Ramp and Setting Colombo Street Bridge and Setting List 1835 Bowker Fountain and Setting

The ground under it

The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding The liquefaction model grades it “High Liquefaction Vulnerability” the 2019 screening study The plan zones this ground Avon River Precinct (Te Papa Otakaro) ARP The nearest recorded shake: M3.8 25 September 2010 · ~750 m from the pin · 110 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

Victoria Square botanic park · ~150 m Victoria Triangles community park · ~150 m Walk and bike track through Christchurch Central City track · under 150 m from the pin Francois Le Lievre monument · ~150 m James Cook Statue monument · ~150 m Pou Pou Monument monument · ~200 m Queen Victoria Statue / Christchurch South African War memorial monument · ~250 m

The reports nearby

3,517 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,913 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Poles and Signage - General Ground Floor/329 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City · 12 October 2026

Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa 20 Victoria Street, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa 280A Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Accessibility 280A Durham Street North, Christchurch Central City · 9 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 66 Chester Street West, Christchurch Central City · 8 October 2026

General Request 110 Peterborough St · 5 October 2026

Graffiti on a playground or in a park 86 Kilmore Street, Christchurch Central City · 4 October 2026

Dumped Rubbish 86 Kilmore Street, Christchurch Central City · 4 October 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City · 29 September 2026

Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 792 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City · 29 September 2026

Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge 59 Chester Street West, Christchurch Central City · 27 September 2026

Poles and Signage - General 53 Peterborough Street, Christchurch Central City · 18 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is The Arcades?

A sculpture in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in Christchurch Central.

Where does The Arcades stand?

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

What else is The Arcades called?

The map also records “The Arcades Project”.

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

The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). The maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.

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