"New Regent Street" is a famous open-air shopping center in Christchurch. There are some specialty shops and restaurants, but all the shops have closed, and only the restaurants are still open. The streets are not long, but the two sides are European-style buildings, very distinctive. "New Regent Street" was completed in the 1920s and is arguably the oldest shopping center in Christchurch. The shops sell mostly local handicrafts, which are clearly based on foreign tourists as the main source of customers.