Creekside Community Under Construction

Creekside Community Under Construction
Creekside Community in St. Albans was founded in the 1970s reflecting a world-wide interest in co-operative housing. An acre of land, formerly used for market gardening, was purchased at auction between five families. The section contained an existing 1920s bungalow and four new townhouses, designed by architects Lucking & Viall were built next to it. These five homes, and for a time two adjacent properties, formed an intentional community which has now been in existence for almost 40 years. During this time nineteen families have lived there. The community was names Creekside partly after the Dudley Creek which forms the eastern boundary and to acknowledge the well-known Riverside Community in Lower Moutere. The main photo shows the original house on the right and the first two units under construction. The community operated from 1972 but was discontinued in 2014 as a result of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Report this entry
More from the same area
Survivors of the first six ships around the Godley statue
Passengers who arrived by the Charlotte Jane, Randolph, Sir ...
The Opawa coach waits to depart
The Opawa coach waiting to depart in Cathedral Square with ...
John Robert Godley statue, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Woolner's fine statue of Robert Godley, which stands in the ...
Government Buildings, Cathedral Square, shortly after completion
This building was designed by J.C. Maddison and erected ...
Colombo Street looking south towards the Cathedral
Cars, bicycles, trams and pedestrians in and around Colombo ...
Citizens War Memorial , Cathedral Square
The Citizens’ War Memorial immediately north of the Cathedral, ...
Cathedral Square, 13 September 2008
Citizen's War Memorial in Cathedral Square, 13 September 2008.
Wreaths on Citizens War Memorial, April 2007
Citizens War Memorial showing Anzac Day wreaths, April 2007.
View from the Tram February 20, 2011
View from the Tram, and the area around the Christchurch ...
Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Busy Cathedral Square, the United Service Hotel and Post ...
Topiary animals in Square:Festival of Flowers 2011
Topiary animals, deer and elephant,in Square:Festival of Flowers ...
The statue of John Robert Godley, Cathedral Square
Possibly the first commemorative sculpture in New Zealand, the ...
The Royal Exchange Building under construction
Located in Cathedral Square. When completed this edifice will be ...
View from the Colombo Street bridge near Kilmore Street
Looking down Colombo Street towards the Port Hills, where the ...
Looking south down Colombo Street through Cathedral Square
Looking south down Colombo Street through Cathedral Square
Male and female TEAL cabin crew
The Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) airline crew are ...
Regent Theatre, 37 Cathedral Square
The Royal Exchange buildings originally housed a selection of ...
Luck's Building, corner of Colombo and Gloucester Streets
The building, designed by Benjamin Mountfort, was built circa ...
Store decorations for Royal Visit, DIC, Cashel Street
Store decorations for Royal Visit, DIC, Cashel Street
Armagh Street towards Victoria Square
Photographs taken at random during business hours of some of our ...