More Info →The Square looking towards Church Street East

Description

Looking from the corner of Broadway to the corner of Church Street East. Main Street West appears mid-way in the photograph. The buildings (from left) are: [1] Bank of Australasia. [2] Post Office built 1905-1906. The clock mechanism was named after Kerei Te Panau and was removed in November 1942 as an earthquake risk. [3] WF Durward, drapers from 1907-1915 (on the site of the Plaza, once home to the PDC building). [4] Bradfield's Grocery and Crown Studios.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sq138

Date

1906 to 1910

Digitisation ID

2014N_Sq138_008609

Held In

Coolstore