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Forfar Street

81 reports at 7 addresses in Edgeware, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 72 separate days somebody filed something about it.

81 reports7 addresses72 days reported onfrom the air, then26 documents carry the namethe 947th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

6 Forfar Street, 46 reports30 Forfar Street, 16 reports9 Forfar Street, 8 reports4 Forfar Street, 5 reports7 Forfar Street, 4 reports31 Forfar Street, 1 report27 Forfar Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Forfar Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Edgeware.

From the air, then

Forfar Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Forfar Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 26 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoPark - General Request, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a playground or in a park, a report photoAnimal - Deceased, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photo more photographs
on the Edgeware wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Forfar Street?

In Edgeware, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Forfar Street?

81 reports at 7 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (47), rubbish & dumping (14), trees & parks (9).

When was Forfar Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 72 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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