This car-parking building on Hereford street with a Timezone arcade in the ground floor has actually became a bit of a meme online.
It's right in central Christchurch, less than a block from Cathedral Square and on the backside of Cashel street.
It's a basically a big concrete wall, set about 20 meters back from the road.
The carparking building is somewhat a part of the BNZ Centre, as well as Oxford Terrace.
When I first saw it around when it opened last year, I was somewhat bemused and disappointed that building looking like this will be allowed in the central city (let alone another parking building).
However, since then I've seen a few photos of this building a numerous social media sites/posts, often with little context besides something like "look at this big strange ugly concrete building". Even seen foreigners repost photos of it and talk about it. It goes to show this is not a regular building. Often dubbed the "brutalist arcade"
Walked past it again yesterday, and nothing much has changed.
Anyone know if there are any plans for it/the site in front of it which is currently a bare patch of grass?
Also, what are people's thoughts on it?
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2moWow that’s a great spot. Congratulations CBG keep pushing.