Burnside Crescent in the suburb of Burnside, Christchurch

Burnside Crescent in Burnside and nothing on library website. I was surprised that there was nothing on the library website as most the houses were built in the 1960s plus a couple built in 1950s. In 1959 three of the houses on this street were homes of the year. There were several ads in 1959 for the subdivision with a map of the area. The ads mentioned children’s playground, parks, new shopping centre, new primary school under construction, close to Burnside High and no government houses nearby. The subdivision was called Sunnyridge and Maurice Carter was involved. Several ads for sections that were for sale and most of the ads said Upper Fendalton. The houses here were typical of the 1960s and many have been modernised. Some looked OK but I didn’t particularly like the street and can’t really give a reason why. Didn’t even take any photos.

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