Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Look both ways before you cross!
Traffic and pedestrians south of Cathedral Square
1955
View down Colombo Street from South Cathedral Square looking towards the intersection with Hereford Street. Pedestrians, buses, cars and cyclists are all travelling along the roads and passing each other at the intersection. Clip taken from "Personal Record. Oxley, Jack. Beauty Where it is Found" film.
Area: Central City / Cathedral Square South
Contributor: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
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Pedestrian crossing
20 December 1980
Pedestrians on a Barnes Dance / Diagonal crossing at an intersection with Colombo Street.
Creator: Christchurch Star
Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South
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Intersection of Colombo and Hereford Streets
28 February 1970
Scene of a traffic jam at the intersection between Colombo Street and Hereford Street, looking towards Cathedral Square.
Creator: Christchurch Star
Area: Central City / Cathedral Square South
Source: Christchurch Star Archive
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Main Street (Seaview Road) New Brighton, early 1950s
circa 1952
Looking east down Seaview Road.
Area: East / New Brighton
Contributor: Antonius (Tony) de Vries
Source: Entry in the 2015 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt
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Corner of High and Colombo Streets
July 1978
Street scene of buses, cars and cyclists on the corner of High Street and Colombo Street.
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Area: Central City / Cathedral Square South
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Cars going along Colombo Street
July 1978
View of cars travelling along Colombo Street towards Cathedral Square past the fountains at the top of High Street.
Area: Central City / Cathedral Square South
Contributor: Norman Barnes
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Dyers Pass Road pedestrian crossing
31 January 1978
View of a women with a group of children waiting at the Dyers Pass Road pedestrian crossing in Cashmere.
Creator: Christchurch Star
Area: South / Cashmere
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North West Cathedral Square
Circa 1930s
View of North West Cathedral Square of cars, trams, cyclists and pedestrians sharing the road. The Crystal Palace and The Grand Theatres are in the background.
Creator: Christchurch Star
Area: Central City / Cathedral Square North
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