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Montrose Street

60 reports at 17 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 54 separate days somebody filed something about it.

60 reports17 addresses54 days reported onfrom the air, then49 documents carry the namethe 1226th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

25A Montrose Street, 11 reports20 Montrose Street, 10 reports8 Montrose Street, 9 reports29 Montrose Street, 4 reports24 Montrose Street, 4 reports34 Montrose Street, 3 reports28 Montrose Street, 3 reports2 Montrose Street, 3 reports31 Montrose Street, 2 reports3 Montrose Street, 2 reports27 Montrose Street, 2 reports25D Montrose Street, 2 reports7 Montrose Street, 1 report36 Montrose Street, 1 report25B Montrose Street, 1 report25 Montrose Street, 1 report13 Montrose Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Montrose Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Montrose Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Montrose 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. 49 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Montrose Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 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

Water Leak, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoOvergrown Vegetation, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDamaged Asset – CCC contractor, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Montrose Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Montrose Street?

60 reports at 17 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (26), water & drains (13), trees & parks (8).

When was Montrose Street first reported on?

2018, the record covers 54 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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