Esplanade in the suburb of Sumner, Christchurch

Esplanade formerly Sumner Esplanade. First appears in street directories in 1910. Becomes Esplanade from 1918.
Not much information on the library website. Note John Bird Sumner was a busy man with the number of streets associated with him.Houses are only on one side of the street as there is a walkway above the beach on the other side. This is a pleasant stroll on a nice day. Most of the houses are large older two story wooden villas but there are a few modern places on the street. This was a suburb hit quite badly by the earthquakes.There was one older house that I loved. One modern house had a huge tree in the front garden and I am not sure that I would like having this tree there. i suspect that it is a protected tree. One end of the street has cafes plus Cave Rock. There is several war memorials at this end as well. The other end has a playground and a large clock tower which is undergoing repairs at the moment. The playground was very busy today. I have loaded a photo of a house that I loved. I do prefer older styles of houses.