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Simeon Quay

155 reports at 23 addresses in Lyttelton, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 134 separate days somebody filed something about it.

155 reports23 addresses134 days reported onfrom the air, then22 documents carry the namethe 520th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

2 Simeon Quay, 33 reports8 Simeon Quay, 14 reports7 Simeon Quay, 13 reports6 Simeon Quay, 12 reports2B Simeon Quay, 10 reports18 Simeon Quay, 7 reports10 Simeon Quay, 7 reports1 Simeon Quay, 7 reports36 Simeon Quay, 6 reports2A Simeon Quay, 6 reports5 Simeon Quay, 5 reports22 Simeon Quay, 5 reports16 Simeon Quay, 5 reports34 Simeon Quay, 4 reports3 Simeon Quay, 4 reports6–8 Simeon Quay, 3 reports32 Simeon Quay, 3 reports20 Simeon Quay, 3 reports12 Simeon Quay, 3 reports7E Simeon Quay, 2 reports4-6 Simeon Quay, 1 report24 Simeon Quay, 1 report12-14 Simeon Quay, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Simeon Quay from the air, 1925-1929
1925-1929 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
Simeon Quay from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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. 22 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Lyttelton War Memorial set of steps · 38 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Simeon Quay in 9 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

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

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoSewer General, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Lyttelton wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Simeon Quay?

In Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Simeon Quay?

155 reports at 23 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (77), water & drains (34), roads & footpaths (25).

When was Simeon Quay first reported on?

2017, the record covers 134 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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