Jenny May Architectural Historian
History of the High Street
Listen to this storyHigh Street became High Street (previously Sumner Road) because it literally had all the major businesses and stores like Strange and Co., Ballantynes, the DIC… the tram went up there to Sumner.
Jenny May
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High Street, Christchurch, circa 1905 Muir & Moodie studio / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / C.011407 -
Corner Hereford Street and High Street, Christchurch, circa 1905 Muir & Moodie studio / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / C.011582 -
Corner Colombo and High Streets, Christchurch, circa 1905 Muir & Moodie studio / Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa / C.011584