Mascot Place in the Red Zone in the suburb of Burwood, Christchurch

Mascot Place in the red zone of Burwood – Named after the area of farmland chosen in 1920 to be the site of Sydney Airport. At the end of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s great pioneer flights, thousands of people would flock to what was then called the aerodrome to greet him. Named to continue the aviation theme of street names in the area. First appears in street directories in 1968.

A small amount of information from the library website and nothing that I can add about the name of the street. Street view from 2007 show typical houses from 1960s and they have obviously all now been demolished. Looks like they possibly had a community hub on this street for the people of the area after the earthquakes. The street ran off Queensbury St.

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