became known as Our City and is registered as a Category I heritage building with Heritage New Zealand (NZHPT). 1924–1980 Council purchased the burned out shell of the former Canterbury Hall and built new civic offices in Manchester Street. Later known as the Civic, the building was registered as a Category II heritage building with the NZHPT, and was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 1980–2010 Council bought the former Miller's Department Store and moved to 163 Tuam Street in 1980. This gave rise to the occasional metonymic use of Tuam Street to refer to the municipal government. The building was registered as a Category II heritage building with the NZHPT, and was demolished after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 2010 to present In August 2010, the Council's new offices were officially opened in a refurbishment of the former Christchurch Mail Sorting Centre, designed by the Ministry of Works in 1974. The redevelopment was supervised by Wellington-based architect Ian Athfield. The council also maintains service centres in the suburbs of Fendalton, Linwood, Papanui, Riccarton, Shirley, Sockburn and Sydenham, and in the towns of Lyttelton, Little River and Akaroa. See also Christchurch City Holdings, a wholly owned investment arm of the Christchurch City Council Coat of arms of the City of Christchurch, granted to the Christchurch City Council in 1949 References External links Christchurch City Council website Organisations based in Christchurch Politics of Christchurch City councils in New Zealand 1862 establishments in New Zealand