View down Gloucester Street, west towards Oxford Terrace

1970s

View down Gloucester Street, west towards Oxford Terrace

1970s

View of buildings on the southern side of Gloucester Street, towards Oxford Terrace. Visible businesses include Amalgamated Tele-Hire, Mojo's Nitespot, White Heron Travel, Holy Cross Chapel, Chancery Arcade, McDonald's Auction Rooms, Mutual Rental Cars and Maling & Co. Scaffolding is erected at the Maling & Co building, with labourers working on repairs. The street is busy, with vehicles parked and pedestrians crossing the road and walking along the footpath.

Contributors note: "Early 1970s street view looking west along Gloucester St towards Oxford Tce, (now occupied by the Te Pae Christchurch Conference Centre). Shows people on the street, crossing the road, cars, various buildings and shops, including Mojo’s Nitespot, Tele-hire, White Heron Travel, McDonald’s Auction room, entrance to Chancery Arcade, above on the first floor are balconies with planter boxes. This dark colour building is contrasted by the two lighter coloured buildings on either side, to the right the Mutual Rental Cars building, next to it, towards the far right of the photo, located on the corners of Gloucester and Oxford Street, is the Maling & Co building at 86 Gloucester St, shows two men in overalls, working on scaffolding, on the side of the building."

Creator: Peter Basire

Contributor: Barbara Newcombe

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2110

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