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Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information The Boulevard During the 1920s On both sides of Owen wanted wide lawns Rich man, poor man, Richard Bedward the Avon River Owen (1873- from the Carlton 1948), a tailor, Mill bridge to the envisaged the Estuary. establishment of a boulevard. between road and river with tall trees planted near the banks. Part of the work, between the Swanns Road Bridge and Dallington Bridge, was successfully carried out by unemployed labour. At a tree-planting ceremony in 1929 when 100 limes were planted, the deputy-mayor, Dr H. T. J. Thacker said he thought that, environmentalist, thief: biographies of Canterbury personalities written for the Millenium and for the 150 “once having got a taste of the boulevard atmosphere, the citizens would carry the roadway down to the sea”. The cutting of a new channel in the river and establishment of a first-rate rowing course at Kerrs Reach was an aspect of the scheme accomplished shortly after Owen’s death. Pembroke Street was named in 1955. It appears in the newspaper article as running "between the Boulevard and Avondale Road". The Boulevard never appears in street directories or on maps. th “R. B. Owen: an anniversary of the Canterbury settlement appreciation”, The Press, 27 November 1948, p 8 From the banks of the Avon: the story of a river, pp 89-92 “Trees planted”, The Press, 2 September 1929, p 10 “Citizens name trees on the Boulevard”, Star, 2 September 1929, p 10 "New streets in Christchurch", The Press, 28 June 1955, p 6 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 16
Lost Christchurch Former name Origin of name Where Additional information See Source Further information Boys Gordon Named after On the second Gordon was an English solider By his own merits: Sir View the Hall Charles George floor of the and hero. John Hall – pioneer, biography of Gordon (1833- YMCA building, In 1893 Ursula Bethell pastoralist, and premier, Mary Ursula 1885). corner of established the Boys' Gordon p 270 Bethell in the Hereford Street Hall to provide amusement Dictionary of and Cambridge and instruction for working “Boys' Gordon Hall”, New Zealand Terrace. boys from 12 to 18 years of Star , 27 September Biography. age during their evenings. The 1895, p 4 movement foundered when The laying of the Bethell left for England. Sir “Boys’ Gordon Hall”, foundation stones John Hall (1824-1907) did not Star, 15 March 1897, p of the YMCA lose sight of Bethell's vision. 4 building and the He bought a section of land Boys' Gordon and left £10.000 for the Boys' “The Gordon Hall Hall, corner of Gordon Hall Trust in his will. Trust”, Star, 30 Hereford Street The trust included September 1907, p 1 and Cambridge representatives from the Terrace, Anglican, Roman Catholic, “Tenders Called for Christchurch Methodist and Presbyterian Demolition Job”, The churches. Press, 15 August 1967, The YMCA building was bulldozed to make way for the p 1 Christchurch Central Police “Clearing of New Station in 1967. Police Station Site begins”, The Press, 13 September 1967, p 9 Christchurch City Libraries Updated July 2013 17
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