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Elmwood Road

11 reports at 7 addresses in Strowan, the first in 2019, the latest 2026. 11 separate days somebody filed something about it.

11 reports7 addresses11 days reported onfrom the air, then17 documents carry the namethe 3162nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

23 Elmwood Road, 3 reports25 Elmwood Road, 2 reports20 Elmwood Road, 2 reports24 Elmwood Road, 1 report12 Elmwood Road, 1 report11 Elmwood Road, 1 report10 Elmwood Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Elmwood Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Elmwood Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Elmwood Road 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. 17 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

As it was reported

Fallen Tree, a report photoTrees - General, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoGraffiti, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the Strowan wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Elmwood Road?

In Strowan, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Elmwood Road?

11 reports at 7 addresses, most often roads & footpaths (4), trees & parks (3), graffiti & vandalism (3).

When was Elmwood Road first reported on?

2019, the record covers 11 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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