tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post4298859802090995861..comments2024-03-17T10:09:54.614+13:00Comments on Canterbury Heritage: Waimate: Quinn's Arcade RestorationMarcus Castellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572498225080723498noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post-53888543416236450182008-11-01T15:27:00.000+13:002008-11-01T15:27:00.000+13:00Curiously Christchurch seems not to have favoured ...Curiously Christchurch seems not to have favoured shopping arcades. <BR/><BR/>The Gloucester Arcade at 129 Gloucester Street survives from 1966, but the McKenzie & Willis Arcade (Hereford to Colombo Streets) and the Shades Arcade (Hereford to Cashel Streets) both failed. <BR/><BR/>Other than the foregoing I can find no record of Christchurch shopping arcades, but if Chancery Lane were to be deemed as such, then it's easily NZ's oldest.Marcus Castellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572498225080723498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post-31821804666631793872008-11-01T11:37:00.000+13:002008-11-01T11:37:00.000+13:00Ah, how about Chch, Dunedin arcades in early 1900s...Ah, how about Chch, Dunedin arcades in early 1900s?!<BR/><BR/>some of us live in lands to the NE, where the godwits hang out in the off-season ;)kuakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post-18329568191145940552008-11-01T09:26:00.000+13:002008-11-01T09:26:00.000+13:00Yes, I've heard that there's islands, now inhabite...Yes, I've heard that there's islands, now inhabited by former Cantabrians, to the North and the West of the mainland. 'spose the ODT should have given some consideration to the former in this matter.Marcus Castellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572498225080723498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post-11369379487148197242008-11-01T08:30:00.000+13:002008-11-01T08:30:00.000+13:00Glad to see this building being preserved, but it ...Glad to see this building being preserved, but it doesn't seem to qualify as New Zealand's first indoor shopping mall.<BR/><BR/>If arcades qualify as malls (the ODT reports Quinns as an arcade), The Strand in Auckland stole a march on Quinn's by 5-7 years, opening in 1900 (NZ Historics Places Trust website). The Queens Arcade likely was earlier too. I dare say some of the other larger cities' arcades were built before Waimate's too.kuakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1269154103766812046.post-72279169890809020542008-10-31T14:05:00.000+13:002008-10-31T14:05:00.000+13:00What fantastic news! This great building deserves...What fantastic news! This great building deserves to have its life extended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com