Deans Avenue – West Belt and West Town Belt. Also part of Rolleston Avenue for a time. Named after the Deans family. Named by the Canterbury Association surveyors who laid out the boundaries of the original city within roadways called “belts” or “town belts”. The other three Town Belts were re-named in 1904. The suggestion to re-name the West Belt, Deans Avenue was also made in 1904.
A reasonable amount of information from library website. I have nothing to add here and didn’t bother to look at Papers Past as I feel that everyone knows about this family.
This Ave has Hagley Park on one side and a mixture of new and old houses on the other side. The modern houses actually look good and are probably very expensive. A couple of Tudor style older houses. Also a hotel and a couple motels. There is also a mosque. The old sale yards are a bit of an eyesore on this road as they are an empty overgrown section. Also found new street art.
Please note that I actually walked this street just over a year ago and sadly it has been in the news far too often since then.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 