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Christchurch Polytechnic

Snow on Madras Street and Moorhouse Avenue, with the Grosvenor Hotel on the corner, Christchurch, 1945

The Grosvenor Hotel

The Grosvenor Hotel opened in 1877 at the corner of Madras Street and Moorhouse Avenue, built to serve the railway workers and travelling public of Christchurch’s southern transport corridor. It operated for over a century before closing in 2001. After surviving the 2010–11 earthquakes, the building reopened in 2012 as The Monday Room — a cocktail bar and events space that hosted DJ nights and occasional live music. In 2018 The Monday Room relocated to High Street; the Moorhouse Avenue building is now NV Interactive.