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CITY MALL UPGRADE - Hack Circle
Hack Circle
Nicknamed Hack Circle from the 1990s by the media, this is the former site of the 1989 amphitheatre at the intersection of High and Cashel Streets. The area is soon to be renamed as part of the upgrade that will include an extension of the vintage tram route.
Known simply as The Triangle for a century, it is the triangular junction at High and Manchester Streets and "the Bottleneck" junction at the intersection of High, Hereford and Colombo Streets to the northwest.
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Left: Hack Circle in the 1860's. You can see archways across Cashel Street that is similar in look to the Bridge of Remembrance
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Below: Cobb & Company's circa 1854 booking office on the site now occupied by the Hallenstein's building (pictured right). From here coaches departed for Papanui, Riccarton and the outlying settlements at Kaiapoi, Rangiora and Oxford. By the mid 1860s Cobb's coaches were carrying passengers from here to Timaru and the goldfields of the West Coast.
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| Hack Circle - 1854 |
Hack Circle - Present day |
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Right: In 1910 the original gas lamp standard was replaced by a triangular flower bed, with a fountain at the centre. This feature survived until the early 1980s, but was removed for the 1983 first stage of the City Mall.
Hack Circle Demolition - March 2008
The Amphitheatre was originally intended to be the place where concerts could be held but due to the acoustics of the area was unsuitable.
The amphitheatre was originally intended to be for concerts to be held but the acoustics were poor. It was the heart of Hack Circle and a favourite meeting place for young people.
Calling for a name for "Hack Circle" 11 June 2009
The area around the corner of Cashel and High Streets commonly called “Hack Circle” is in line to get a proper name, after Christchurch City Council today decided to call for suggestions from the public to name the area.
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Below are images of the Amphitheatre being dismantled. Work on this took place in March 2008.
Below are images from the construction that took place in the Cashel & High Street intersection, commonly known as Hack Circle. These photo's were taken from May - November 2008.
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