Arnst Place in Burwood Red Zone – Named after Richard Arnst (1883-1953). Arnst was the world sculling champion in 1910. Named in 1955.
A small amount of information from the library website and I was surprised that I couldn’t find an obituary for Richard Arnst. There were over 1500 entries for him on Papers Past so I narrowed my search to 1953 and 1954 and there was only a very brief death notice. The Wikipedia page doesn’t mention his marriage or son.
There were sections for sale in 1959 and 1964 and the selling point was that sewage was installed. It was also an ad where a builder wanted the loamy sand to be removed. In 1989 the street was closed for one day so that a documentary could be filmed.
There are obviously no houses here any longer and google maps no longer show street view from before the earthquakes which is really annoying.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 