Christchurch - Cathedral Square 
The large open square in front of the Christchurch Cathedral is the hub of the city's life and for long the pride of its citizens. There was great indignation when George Bernard Shaw, visiting Christchurch in 1935, admired Petre's neoclassical Roman Catholic cathedral and dismissed the Anglican cathedral as 'too academic'.
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City Mall
To the south of Cathedral Square is City Mall (pedestrian zone), Christchurch's principal shopping street.
Godley Memorial
In front of the cathedral is a statue of John Robert Godley, founder of Christchurch.
Post Office
On the southwest side of Cathedral Square is the old Chief Post Office (by PFM Burrows, 1879; 64), a building in Italian Renaissance style.
Press Building
The Press Building, on the northeast side of Cathedral Square, was built (by Collins and Harman, 1909) to house the offices of the Press, Christchurch's oldest newspaper (founded 1861). A striking feature of this four-story building, in English late Gothic style, is that the windows are different on each of the floors.
