Press Building. (Christchurch)

New Zealand / Canterbury / Christchurch

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Christchurch Press Newspaper.
Distinctive French Second Empire structure from 1909 with large corner turret which once housed a pigeon loft for aerial communcations. Architects Collins & Harman.
Badly damaged in earthquake of 22 feb 2011.

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Coordinates: 43°31'50"S 172°38'17"E

( site of ) Christchurch Convention Centre 0.6 km
Old Normal School 0.8 km
Rangers Park 3.7 km
( site of ) Tip-Top Icecream Factory 5.5 km
Wigram Aerodome 8.9 km
Earth quake zone 9 km
epicenter of m4.3 quake 226 km
Whakapohai River Road 275 km
Athletic Park 303 km
Wreck of "Invercauld" 925 km

Christchurch City Central Business District 0.5 km
Edgeware [suburb] 1.5 km
Sydenham 1.8 km
Merivale [suburb] 2.1 km
Richmond [suburb] 2.2 km
Phillipstown 2.2 km
Waltham 2.2 km
Avonside [suburb] 2.4 km
Addington 2.7 km
Spreydon [suburb] 3.8 km

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Christchurch City Central Business District Edgeware [suburb] Sydenham Merivale [suburb] Richmond [suburb] Phillipstown Waltham Avonside [suburb] Addington Spreydon [suburb]