Jenny May Architectural Historian

Alice’s Building standing proud

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It’s standing there like a monolith needle in the middle of a desert while everything has fallen around it… but what it does is it gives an anchor, it has its triangle in front of it… it’s an anchor!

Jenny May

  • June 09, 2012 - looking from Poplar Lane (Street) across now empty sites to High Street (Alice in Videoland on the left). BeckerFraserPhotos.co.nz
  • June 09, 2012 - looking from Poplar Lane (Street) across now empty sites to High Street (Alice in Videoland on the left). BeckerFraserPhotos.co.nz
  • Image: Heritage New Zealand
  • Image: Christchurch City Council
  • Image: Heritage New Zealand

Building information

The High Street Post Office
209 Tuam Street
Architect: J.T Mair
Date: 1932