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Christchurch City Council Media Release 15 May 2001

Ideas For Cathedral Square Unveiled

Christchurch’s Mayor Garry Moore said today that for more than 130 years residents had been calling for improvements to Cathedral Square.

Various opinions were still held today about the Square, he said.

For that reason the City Council asked architect Ian Athfield and urban planner James Lunday to provide a framework of ideas for the council to produce future designs.

Mr Moore emphasised that Messrs. Athfield and Lunday had produced ideas only.

Dave Hinman, the Council’s Central City Policy Leader and Council member of the Cathedral Square team, said consultation had been the key element of the work by Messrs. Athfield and Lunday.

Submissions (216) made to The Press newspaper in its Fix It campaign had also played a part.

Key elements of the ideas are:

In future, a southern pavilion could be provided so that present stallholders are brought together. On the second storey could be a stage for concerts. Toilets included.

Mr Lunday says it is important that consultations continue with the property owners and tenants in the Square.

Other ideas were that lighting needed to be improved and that lanes off the Square be developed in some way.

There was also a suggestion that a roll-down screen for silent films be erected between Warners and the Star-Times building.

Further details: See the attached report “Towards Completing the Square”.

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