Riverview Street in the suburb of Beckenham, Christchurch

Riverview St – Named because the subdivision off Colombo Street south was originally named the Riverview Estate. Land in the Riverview Estate is advertised for sale in the Star in 1907. Riverview Street first appears in street directories in 1918.
A small amount of information from the library website. The Beckenham book had very little information about the street. Papers Past had huge number of ads for sale of sections in the Riverview Estate. The ads started in September 1907 and also in September 1907 the Pioneer Bicycle and Athletic Club were given permission to hold an event on the estate by the owners. There were also ads for sections in 1909 and 1911 but most were in 1907 when the owner of the property was selling up. I couldn’t find out who owned the property.
From the QV website the houses ranged from 1910 to 2005. In the 1980s and 1990s many houses were built at the back of the older houses. Many older wooden villas and you couldn’t see the newer houses because they were on back sections. Down near the river was a mock tudor house. On the corner of Riverview Street and Birdwood Ave there were houses for the Thorrington Retirement Village being built.
I thought that it would probably be a pleasant street to live on until I realised that one of the residents owned a set of drums. I think this would soon get annoying. There is also a business called Cherry Early Learning on the street and on the fence of this business was an area for free food.