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Percival Street

26 reports at 11 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 26 separate days somebody filed something about it.

26 reports11 addresses26 days reported onfrom the air, then36 documents carry the namethe 2052nd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

2 Percival Street, 10 reports3 Percival Street, 4 reports29 Percival Street, 3 reports22 Percival Street, 2 reports6 Percival Street, 1 report35 Percival Street, 1 report27 Percival Street, 1 report22B Percival Street, 1 report20–26 Percival Street, 1 report12 Percival Street, 1 report1/9 Percival Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Percival Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Percival Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Percival 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. 36 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.

Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 11 m away Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 12 m away Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 15 m away

As it was reported

Rubbish and Bins - General, a report photoPavement - General, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoAbandoned Vehicle, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRubbish and Bins - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoStreet Gutters / Storm Water, a report photoRubbish/Recycling, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photoRoading/Streets, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Percival Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Percival Street?

26 reports at 11 addresses, most often water & drains (7), rubbish & dumping (6), roads & footpaths (5).

When was Percival Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 26 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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