# Edgar Taylor Walk in Recognition of the Life Work of Edgar, a plaque of Hillsborough A plaque of the city, standing at Monro Playground in Hillsborough, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > EDGAR TAYLOR WALK In recognition of the life work of Edgar Taylor, first Landscape Architect for the Christchurch City Council from 1942 to 1965 ... The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1116-monro-playground), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough) - The year the register carries: 2003 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090106/00377/R0040935.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Erected on the 77th Anniversary of the Opawa School](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35501-monro-playground), “ERECTED ON THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPAWA SCHOOL IN MEMORY OF FORMER PUPILS,…” ## In the archive - [Documents naming Edgar Taylor Walk in Recognition of the Life Work of Edgar](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Edgar%20Taylor%20Walk%20in%20Recognition%20of%20the%20Life%20Work%20of%20Edgar) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Edgar%20Taylor%20Walk%20in%20Recognition%20of%20the%20Life%20Work%20of%20Edgar) - [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1116-monro-playground), the ground’s own page - [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 577 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5553&lon=172.67006&radius=250 ## Around it - [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1116-monro-playground), the community park it’s inside - [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-90-hillsborough), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-89-woolston), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Opawa](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), track · under 150 m - [Andrew Mensal Johnson / 1830 - 1916](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311081-heathcote-riverbank-tr-east), plaque · ~450 m - [Heathcote Riverbank Tr South plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310907-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), plaque · ~550 m - [In Loving Memory of / Mark Cowling](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311057-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), plaque · ~700 m - [Ginkgo Biloba This Tree Was Planted to Commemorate the Work](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41763-risingholme-park), plaque · ~700 m ## The reports nearby 460 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9040867), [200 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/200-opawa-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9031903), Opawa Rd near Brougham St, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8988060), [121E Garlands Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/121e-garlands-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8923312), [218 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8871214), [119 Garlands Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/119-garlands-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8852461), [218 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/218-opawa-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8845443), [220 Opawa Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/220-opawa-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8843323), [112 Garlands Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/112-garlands-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8828464), [11 Aynsley Terrace, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/11-aynsley-terrace) - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8828449), [11 Aynsley Terrace, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/11-aynsley-terrace) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8828420), [172 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/172-opawa-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8828413), [172 Opawa Road, Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough/172-opawa-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Monro Playground in [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Monro Playground?** 2 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2003. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/35498-monro-playground