The old high street
Five commercial listings and six listed pocket parks, High Street’s register reads like the street itself, the old shopfronts and the little triangles of public ground between them. A short walk down the old shopping mile.
The walk, as a line
Straight between pins, the streets run longer. Every numbered pin opens that place’s own record.
The stops, in order
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 291F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 291 High, the first of the little triangles.
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 261F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 261.
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 220F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 220.
- Commercial Building and Setting, 225 High Street · 45 unread leads
The commercial building at 225, across from the triangles.
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 192F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 192.
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 215F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 215.
- Commercial Building Façade and Setting, 201 High Street · 40 unread leads
The façade at 201, only the face is listed.
- Triangle Reserve and Setting, 189F High Street · 20 unread leads
Triangle Reserve at 189.
- Commercial Building and Setting, Former C F Cotter and Company, 101/158 High Street · 21 unread leads
The former C F Cotter building at 158.
- Commercial Building Façade and Setting, Former A J Whites, 181 High Street · Heritage NZ list 1909 · 20 unread leads
The former A J White façade at 181.
- Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings, 147 High Street · Heritage NZ list 1864 · 40 unread leads
Duncan’s Buildings at 147, the walk’s far end.
The reports along it
8,199 council reports pinned within 150 m of the line, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 6,804 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Pavement - General
Fallen Tree
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Hazard, vehicle
Poles and Signage - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
Five commercial listings and six listed pocket parks, High Street’s register reads like the street itself, the old shopfronts and the little triangles of public ground between them. 11 listed places, 0.7 km as the line runs, Christchurch Central City.
Triangle Reserve and Setting (291F High Street) to Commercial Building and Setting. Duncan's Buildings (147 High Street), the order is a suggestion, not the only way round.
Every one, each pin is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, and each opens the place’s own sourced record here.
0.7 km measured straight between the pins, the streets run longer, and the stops deserve a pause each.
The record behind this
Every stop is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule, held here as the register’s own layer. The order and the notes are ours, the listings are the council’s and Heritage New Zealand’s. "Setting" is the register’s word for the ground a listing covers.
The rest of the register here: Central City
The same ground today: Christchurch Central City
More walks over this ground: The square and its ring · The boulevard · The river bend · The school’s own register · The city’s stones · Belfries and chapels
This page as markdown: /walks/high-street.md · the route as data: /walks/high-street.geojson · on the live map: the walks layer.