64-469: The Canterbury Club is a historic gentlemen's club in the central city of Christchurch , New Zealand. It was founded by urban professionals in 1872 as a breakaway club from the Christchurch Club , which had been set up by large rural landholders in 1856. The Christchurch Club had been founded by wealthy runholders in 1856. Their permanent premises were built adjacent to Latimer Square to
128-558: A "square", its shape is that of a cruciform . Cathedral Square has a large number of buildings and statues that are registered as heritage items with Heritage New Zealand . Many of those were damaged in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and because of earthquake damage some have been lost as a consequence. When steam trams began operating in the city in 1880, they left from the Square. Later, when buses replaced trams in 1954,
192-475: A 53-room dwelling built in 1900 for 78-year-old bachelor Allan McLean , is currently threatened with demolition. The central city prior to the 2010–2011 earthquakes had an increasing residential population. The last four New Zealand censuses had the usual resident population on 30 June recorded as follows: The Christchurch City Council alongside Ōtākaro Limited is trying to revitalise the central city. The Council aspires to have 30,000 residents living within
256-635: A central city redevelopment study. The project was publicly notified in the 1968 District Scheme, and again in the 1979 review. In 1981, the Christchurch City Council, in collaboration with the Cashel and High Street Businessmen's Associations, adopted a design and authorised implementation. The streets were closed to traffic on 11 January 1982 and the Mall was opened by the former Mayor, Sir Hamish Hay , on 7 August 1982. On 17 December 2009,
320-552: A design by Benjamin Mountfort . Urban businessmen and professionals found that their interests differed from the rural gentry, and in 1872 founded their own gentlemen's club, the Canterbury Club. They commissioned one of their members, William Armson , to design a building, but he fell ill and in early 1873 the commission was passed to Frederick Strouts instead. Strouts was guided by the lead that Mountfort had taken with
384-570: A parklands area that embrace the city centre. The first city built with this pattern was Philadelphia , later came Savannah and Adelaide . The fourth city using this pattern was Christchurch. As such Christchurch holds an important legacy and a strong platform for future development. Thomas' plan for Christchurch (laid out by the surveyor Edward Jollie by March 1850) was the 'standard' rectangular grid of colonial settlement (adopted for ease of survey and to facilitate land sales). Thomas did not allow Jollie to include crescents to provide variety, but
448-551: A pedestrian precinct on 25 April 1977 (Anzac Day) by Captain Charles Upham , i.e. this stretch became a pedestrian precinct some five years before the establishment of City Mall. Another pedestrianised street is New Regent Street , which has building façades in the Spanish Mission style. It became a pedestrian mall as part of the heritage tram loop in 1995. The street survived the earthquake with little damage, and
512-720: A population density of 1,317 people per km . Christchurch Central City had a population of 5,925 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 1,020 people (20.8%) since the 2013 census , and a decrease of 1,725 people (−22.5%) since the 2006 census . There were 2,820 households, comprising 3,162 males and 2,769 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.14 males per female, with 444 people (7.5%) aged under 15 years, 2,295 (38.7%) aged 15 to 29, 2,559 (43.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 627 (10.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 72.4% European/ Pākehā , 6.9% Māori , 2.6% Pasifika , 20.2% Asian , and 5.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
576-550: A revamped City Mall was opened by mayor Bob Parker , incorporating the tourist tram through the mall. The Bridge of Remembrance was opened on Armistice Day, 11 November 1924 by the Governor-General, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Jellicoe, who had previously laid the foundation stone on Anzac Day, 25 April 1923. The road through the bridge was removed and the short stretch between Oxford Terrace and Cambridge Terrace opened as
640-809: A very active night life. These areas complement The Strip , a part of Oxford Terrace that started to support outdoor dining during the day and night time entertainment in the 1990s. The Arts Centre , the Canterbury Museum , the Christchurch Art Gallery and the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA) are located in the Cultural Precinct. The majority of the activities are free. Central Christchurch has two enclosed malls. South City Shopping Centre opened in 1990 and covers an area of 2,700 m . It has 550 carparks and 32 stores, and
704-514: Is anchored by a Chemist Warehouse and JB Hi-Fi . The Crossing shopping centre opened in 2017. It covers 1,400 m with 630 carparks. The mall has 40 stores, including H&M and FreshChoice . The central city has a large number of registered heritage buildings that are either listed with Heritage New Zealand or are noted in the Christchurch City Plan. A large number of these buildings have been significantly damaged by
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#1732787659091768-540: Is another of Christchurch's many references to Oxford , since Ridley was martyred there. In the original survey of central Christchurch (known as the Black Map ), which was undertaken in 1850, it was envisaged for Christ's College and ChristChurch Cathedral to be built adjacent to one another in Cathedral Square, modelled on Christ Church, Oxford . The area set aside for the college in Cathedral Square
832-693: Is now functioning with several shops, and appearances by the Wizard of New Zealand. Prior to the earthquakes, the Christchurch City Council was considering turning a section of Oxford Terrace (the section between Cashel Street and Hereford Street, then known as The Strip ) into a part-time pedestrian mall (nightly from 11 pm to 5 am). Since around 2005, two precincts have developed in small central city lanes, known as Poplar Lane and South of Lichfield or SOL Square . A large number of bars are accommodated in these two areas, with
896-487: Is these days marked by a riverbank cairn. The site got its name when the Deans Brothers in the 1840s had shipped bricks for their Riccarton homestead, located further up the river, which they unloaded in this location. Christchurch is one of a group of only four cities in the world that have been carefully planned following the same layout of a central city square, four complementing city squares surrounding it and
960-831: Is undecided, including the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the Anglican ChristChurch Cathedral . A replacement Anglican cathedral, the Cardboard Cathedral , opened in August 2013 on the site of the former St John the Baptist Church. The Central City offered well over 450 unique retail businesses and over 130 cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs. It had the largest selection of fashion, food, café and entertainment in
1024-496: The 2010 Canterbury earthquake . Many building façades collapsed into the streets and authorities cordoned off large areas of the central city following the event. Manchester Courts , the tallest commercial building in Christchurch when it was built in 1905–06 and a Category I heritage building suffered serious structural damage and was the first major building that was demolished, with the demolition finishing just days before
1088-465: The 2011 Christchurch earthquake . Nearly six months later on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a second earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3 struck the city at 12:51 pm. It was located closer to the city, and although lower on the moment magnitude scale than the previous earthquake, the intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be IX ( Violent ) on the Mercalli intensity scale , and
1152-748: The Puāri kāinga. The European settlement of Christchurch was undertaken by the Canterbury Association , which was founded in London in 1848. That year, the Canterbury Association sent out Captain Joseph Thomas , accompanied by surveyors, to select and prepare a site for settlement. Thomas originally placed the principal town of the proposed settlement at the head of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō , but when he realised there
1216-562: The South Island . The central city has a number of residential areas, including Inner City East, Inner City West, Avon Loop, Moa Neighbourhood and Victoria. South of Tuam Street, commercial usage and some light industries are present. With over 6,000 full-time equivalent students, the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology is the major education provider in the city centre. Cathedral Square
1280-439: The city's high rise buildings , including Hotel Grand Chancellor , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Clarendon Tower , and Radio Network House have been demolished. Many churches have been demolished following the earthquakes, including Durham Street Methodist Church , Oxford Terrace Baptist Church , St Luke's Church, Christchurch , St Paul's Church , and St John the Baptist Church . Other churches are badly damaged and their fate
1344-528: The millennium , the sculpture was designed by Neil Dawson and is made up of forty-two leaf patterns featuring different plants. Before 2011, the Square was the city's main meeting place for people and was a regular site of street performers and speakers , one of the most notable was The Wizard of New Zealand . Following the earthquakes, Christchurch's Anzac Day dawn services were mostly held in Cranmer Square rather than Cathedral Square. This
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#17327876590911408-633: The 16th, Sir George Seymour on the 17th, and Cressy on the 27th, having set sail from England in September 1850. The settlers on these First Four Ships were dubbed the Canterbury Pilgrims by the British press. A further 24 shiploads of Canterbury Association settlers, making a total of approximately 3,500, arrived over the next two and a half years. The central city was among the most heavily damaged areas of Christchurch following
1472-710: The 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. Some heritage buildings collapsed during the February earthquake (e.g. the Stone Chamber of the Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings ), many have been demolished already (e.g. St Elmo Courts , The Press Building or St Luke's Church ), and for many heritage buildings, the fate is as yet unclear (e.g. the Peterborough Centre . ) McLean's Mansion in Manchester Street,
1536-566: The 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Tall buildings left include Pacific Tower and Forsyth Barr Building , which dominate the skyline and can be seen throughout the city. The Māori were the first settlers in the area occupying modern-day Christchurch, the area was a mixture of wetlands with patches of grasslands , there were two kāinga in Central Christchurch. Puāri near Victoria Square , an important food-gathering place for local Māori. And Tautahi Pā located further east of
1600-576: The Avon River / Ōtākaro ran eccentrically across the site. Two diagonal streets (High Street/Ferry Road leading to Ferrymead , Heathcote and Sumner and Victoria Street/Papanui Road leading to the Papanui Bush) also broke the regularity of the grid. At the very centre of the city was a 'Square' (which is actually cross-shaped) intended as a grand centre for the city and the site of the proposed cathedral and grammar school. East and north-west of
1664-528: The Canterbury Association in March 1850. The Christchurch Botanic Gardens are botanical gardens founded in 1863, when on 9 July an English oak was planted to commemorate the solemnisation of marriage between Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark . The Gardens cover an area of 21 hectares, and lie adjacent to the loop of the Avon River / Ōtākaro next to Hagley Park. Cathedral Square, Christchurch Cathedral Square , locally known simply as
1728-460: The Christchurch City Council released "A City For People Action Plan", a program of work through to 2022 to improve public spaces within the central city to entice more inner city residents and visitors. A primary action is to reduce the impact of motorised private vehicles and increase the comfort of pedestrians and cyclists. The plan is based on a report prepared for the council by renowned Danish design firm Gehl Architects. The central city includes
1792-587: The Christchurch Club a decade earlier and also chose Italianate architecture as the style for the building, to be erected on a site on the corner of Cambridge Terrace and Worcester Street. The construction contract went to tender in May 1873 and Daniel Reese was chosen as the builder. The building was strengthened in 2008–09 and this work was the reason that the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes caused only moderate damage. After earthquake repairs had been done,
1856-542: The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake . The square was originally intended to be called Ridley Square, after the Protestant martyr Nicholas Ridley , but in Edward Jollie 's 1850 plan of central Christchurch it was marked as Cathedral Square. Ridley's co-martyrs and colleague bishops, Cranmer and Latimer have Squares named after them, not far distant from Cathedral Square. The original choice of Ridley
1920-596: The Four Avenues by 2026. When the historic census population (for 1996, 2001 and 2006) is plotted and extrapolated to 2026, and compared to the required growth to reach a projected population of 30,000 residents by 2026, it becomes clear that this is an ambitious goal. Entire city blocks have been earmarked for residential development, as well as private developments, aiming toward this goal. Christchurch City Centre covers 6.34 km (2.45 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 8,350 as of June 2024, with
1984-466: The Post Office closed in 1972. In the late 1990s / early 2000s, the Square underwent a significant reconstruction using new tiling. This was an often criticised project, for example for the amount of glare that the tiles gave off in dry weather conditions, or the tiles being slippery when wet. In 2001, The Chalice was revealed a large modern sculpture in the forum of an inverted cone dedicated to
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2048-410: The Square , is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch , New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located. The square stands at the theoretical crossing of the city's two main orthogonal streets, Colombo Street and Worcester Street , though in practice both have been either blocked off or detoured around the square itself. The square was badly damaged in
2112-406: The Square was used as the main point of departure. For many years, the square was a busy road intersection. In 1962, the road in front of the cathedral was closed. In 1972 it was redeveloped to provide large pedestrian areas, and the south-west quadrant was closed to traffic. Trams returned in 1995, with the introduction of a tourist tram ride around the central city. Most buses left the Square when
2176-421: The Square were two more 'squares' ( Latimer and Cranmer Squares , which are actually rectangles) which were placed more or less regularly in relation to the diagonal line of Ōtākaro running in a north-easterly direction across the city to the west and north of the central square. The grid was laid out originally between Salisbury Street to the north and St Asaph Street to the south and between Barbadoes Street to
2240-514: The cathedral to be placed west of this thoroughfare. Christianity has adopted the practice of praying towards the East as the Orient was thought of as containing the mankind's original home. Hence, most Christian churches are oriented towards the east, and to comply with this convention, Henry Harper , Christchurch's first Bishop , lobbied to have the eastern side of Cathedral Square to be used for
2304-445: The central city has traditionally been home to manufacturing, but there has been a decline in this area, with many companies either moving to commercial subdivisions, closing, or relocating overseas. Many education providers are located in the city centre. Ara Institute of Canterbury with 6000 students is the largest of these. There are several schools in the central city. Rolls are as of August 2024. Hagley Park is, at 165 ha,
2368-630: The city's anchor projects and the third new building in the Square since the earthquakes after Tūranga and the Spark building. In 2022 plans to renovate "tatty" corners of the square started these plans were meant to begin in 2019 but had been delayed. Minor work on these plans begun in late 2022 but in July 2023 work started on the completion of these plans infront of the Spark building, Distinction hotel and Old Government building. Although always called
2432-466: The city's founder, was unveiled on 6 August 1867 on a pedestal opposite the cathedral. It was the first public statue in New Zealand. The city's central post office was located alongside the square in 1879. Over the years Cathedral Square has been redesigned on several occasions. Two significant changes took place when the road in front of the cathedral was closed in 1965, and the road in front of
2496-522: The club from 1874 43°31′52.02″S 172°37′57.44″E / 43.5311167°S 172.6326222°E / -43.5311167; 172.6326222 Christchurch Central City Christchurch Central City or Christchurch City Centre is the geographical centre and the heart of Christchurch , New Zealand. It is defined as the area within the Four Avenues (Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue and Deans Avenue ) and thus includes
2560-645: The densely built up central city, some less dense surrounding areas of residential, educational and industrial usage, and green space including Hagley Park , the Christchurch Botanic Gardens and the Barbadoes Street Cemetery . It suffered heavy damage in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake and was devastated in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake . Following this second earthquake, the Central City Red Zone
2624-524: The east and Rolleston Avenue/Park Terrace to the west. Between Salisbury, Barbadoes and St Asaph Streets and (respectively) the North, East and South Town Belts (these days called Bealey, Fitzgerald and Moorhouse Avenues) were 'town reserves', i.e. land with-held from immediate sale, which was sold off by the Provincial Government later in the 1850s to overcome cash flow problems. The streets of
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2688-615: The future. At the centre of the city is Cathedral Square , surrounding the Anglican cathedral, Christ Church . The area around this square and within the four avenues of Christchurch is considered the central business district of the city. The city centre is laid out in a grid pattern , interrupted only by the curvilinear alignment of the Avon River / Ōtākaro , and the two diagonals High Street and Victoria Street. Christchurch has four pairs of one-way streets. The grid pattern within
2752-431: The gasworks closed in 1985, but in the 1990s, the Canterbury Club converted it to an electric light. In 1999, the Christchurch City Council and the Canterbury Club reinstated gas supply to the lamp. Adjacent to the gas light is a hitching post, erected in the 1870s or 1880s by the club for members to tether their horses. Once common throughout colonial towns, there are very few remaining today. Official website Rules of
2816-432: The largest urban open space in Christchurch. The park was created in 1855 by the Provincial Government. According to the government's decree at that time, Hagley Park is "reserved forever as a public park, and shall be open for the recreation and enjoyment of the public." Hagley Park is characterised by its trees and broad open spaces. Hagley Park was named after the country estate of Lord Lyttelton , who became chairman of
2880-446: The next best and Christchurch being the youngest had to be content with chiefly Irish and Colonial bishoprics as names for its streets. This accounts for, what to anyone not knowing the circumstances, appears strange, viz: that many of the best English Bishoprics are not represented while Irish and Colonial ones are. Sumner in fact died too late for the names there used to be again employed in Christchurch. The original plan from 1850 shows
2944-509: The north-west corner of the 'town reserves' (surrounded by the Avon River / Ōtākaro, Fitzgerald and Bealey Avenues and Barbadoes Street, with an additional small rectangular area to the west of Barbadoes Street) as the cemetery for the settlement. Individual town sections were shown on the survey plan, the Black Map, and numbered by the surveyors in a logical order, in contrast to the rural sections surrounding Christchurch, which were numbered at
3008-550: The original grid were mostly projected out to the Town Belts, but the street system is less systematic in the former 'town reserves'. The names chosen for the streets of the inner city almost all commemorate the English colonial origins of the settlement. The names chosen later for the town belts commemorate important personalities of early Christchurch. Jollie explains in his diary how the streets got their names: The names of
3072-466: The outermost one-way streets is very regular, as this is the area that was laid out in the original survey. The surrounding area, i.e. the belt between the outer one-way streets and the avenues, was developed later in a progressive fashion and does not have the regularity of the core area. Like most of the city, the centre is relatively flat. Before the earthquakes, Christchurch was home to many high rise buildings, but many of these were demolished following
3136-533: The pedestrianised Cashel and High Streets, known as City Mall . At one end of the mall stands the Bridge of Remembrance ; at the intersection of Cashel and High Streets is the old location of the amphitheatre known as the Hack Circle ; and the portion of High Street up to the junction of Colombo and Hereford Streets forms the remaining part of the mall. The concept of a pedestrian mall originated in 1965 as part of
3200-577: The premises reopened on 8 June 2012. A dress code has applied since the club was founded. The building was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (since renamed to Heritage New Zealand ) on 25 November 1982 as a Category II historic place. Outside the front door on the Cambridge Terrace frontage, two further heritage items are registered as Category II: a gas light, and a hitching post. The gas light
3264-654: The preparations for the settlement (surveying, roads, accommodation, etc.) undertaken by Captain Joseph Thomas' team. These preparations were advanced, but incomplete when the first ships of settlers arrived on 16 December 1850, having been halted by Godley shortly after his arrival in April due to the mounting debts of the Association. The Charlotte-Jane and Randolph arrived in Lyttelton Harbour on
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#17327876590913328-416: The pro-cathedral. That way, the main entrance would face Colombo Street, resulting in praying towards the east in line with convention. The Cathedral Square Amendment Ordinance 1859 , which was passed a year after the previous ordinance, formalised the change in placement of the cathedral. Just before work on the cathedral's foundations began in 1864, the alignment of Colombo Street through Cathedral Square
3392-447: The streets of the three towns I surveyed were taken from Bishoprics and the way it was done was this; as soon as I completed the map I took it to Thomas who putting on his gold spectacles and opening his would read out a Bishop's name to hear if it sounded well. If I agreed with him that it did, I put the name to one of the streets requiring baptism. Lyttelton being the first born town got the best names for its streets, Sumner being next had
3456-479: The time of and in the order of their purchase. The following streets were those laid out in the 1850 survey (listed east to west, then north to south, then diagonals). Where a street name is one of the original names as devised by surveyors Joseph Thomas and Edward Jollie, this is marked as such. The prime movers of the Canterbury Association were Edward Gibbon Wakefield and John Robert Godley. Godley, with his family, went out to New Zealand in early 1850 to oversee
3520-562: Was 41.8, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.6% had no religion, 31.4% were Christian , 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs , 3.7% were Hindu , 1.9% were Muslim , 1.7% were Buddhist and 4.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 2,097 (38.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 432 (7.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 957 people (17.5%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
3584-470: Was a popular destination and hosts attractions such as the speakers' corner made famous by the Wizard of New Zealand , Ian Brackenbury Channell, and evangelist Ray Comfort . A central city heritage tram system has been operated since 1995. In 2010, the system was extended to the south to form a figure of eight. The tram system does not fulfil a transport function and is aimed at the tourism market. In 2010
3648-422: Was among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area and in total 185 people were killed with nationals from more than 20 countries among the victims. ChristChurch Cathedral lost its spire and widespread damage was caused to city buildings already weakened by 4 September 2010 earthquake and its aftershocks. A large number of heritage buildings have been demolished since the earthquake, and most of
3712-430: Was changed again by introducing a curve towards the west; the western side of the legal road had a radius of 3 chains 75 links (75 m). The purpose of this change was to allow the placement of the cathedral slightly further west, making its tower visible along Colombo Street from a distance. Up to the point of work starting on the cathedral, here was initially little development. A statue to John Robert Godley ,
3776-644: Was found to be insufficient, and Henry Sewell suggested in June 1853 to move the college to land reserved for the Christchurch Botanic Gardens . This transaction was formalised through The Cathedral Square Ordinance 1858 , a law passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council in October 1858. The ordinance allowed for Colombo Street to go straight through the middle of Cathedral Square at a legal width of 1.5 chains (99 ft; 30 m), and
3840-435: Was installed for public lighting in circa 1900, but the gas lighting system was switched off in 1918 when municipal electricity had become available. Somehow, this particular gas lamp was never removed, and it was restored for the February 1963 royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II . Years later, the lamp was shifted a short distance to be located outside of the club's main entrance. The lamp was still run on gas for many years after
3904-520: Was insufficient flat land there to meet the Canterbury Association's requirements, he relocated Christchurch to where he had previously placed a town called 'Stratford' at a point on the Avon where those coming up the river first encountered slightly higher, drier ground. Back then, the Avon River / Ōtākaro was navigable as far as 'The Bricks' just upstream of the Barbadoes Street bridge. The site
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#17327876590913968-439: Was set up and, with a gradually shrinking area, remained inaccessible except to authorised contractors until June 2013. However, proposals to relocate the city centre elsewhere, to avoid future damage, were considered both uneconomical (as much of the infrastructure was still mainly intact) and unnecessary, as the rebuilt city centre would be to modern building standards so as to be able to withstand similar quakes and liquefaction in
4032-399: Was that 3,279 (59.8%) people were employed full-time, 669 (12.2%) were part-time, and 225 (4.1%) were unemployed. The central city is an important employment area supporting 26,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees, and with much of the floor area taken up by office space. One of the biggest employers is Christchurch City Council with 800 FTE at the civic offices. The southern part of
4096-462: Was until 2023 when dawn services returned back to Cathedral Square. New designs for the Square were unveiled in 2017 which would remove the roadways through the square and add green space and waterways and split it into five zones (Post office place, The courtyard, Library plaza, Cathedral gardens and The living room). But the plan lacks funding and the original plans have been shelved. Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre opened in 2021 as one of
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