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An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 14 August 2011 entitled, "Sometimes you just need to sew a bunch of squares together....".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 14 August 2011 entitled, "Sometimes you just need to sew a bunch of squares together....".
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 7 December 2011 entitled, "Inside the Square".
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
A PDF copy of pages 348-349 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Thinking Outside the Square'. Photos: Gap Filler
Christchurch Cathedral Square held its first Anzac Day dawn service since the earthquakes.
A copy of the transcript of Rev'd Peter Collier's interview for the Church in the Quakes Project. The interview was conducted by Melissa Parsons on 7 December 2012. Collier is the Priest Assistant at St John's Church in Latimer Square.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 23 December 2012 entitled, "Pallets and pop-up tearooms".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 16 November 2013 entitled, "Mother Mary".
Earthquakes have rocked the upper South Island overnight, with nearly 200 aftershocks felt in just the last 12 hours.
Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…
“There are two classes of Christchurch postcards – those with the Cathedral and those without.” [1] The elegance of a lost age is captured in this exquisite photochrom post…
It’s just before 3pm on a late summer day in 1914. Prolific Christchurch photographer, Steffano Webb is setting up his camera equipment inside the gents’ hairdressing saloon of well kno…
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 25 December 2012 entitled, "Merry Christmas".
The construction of government buildings have long attracted opinion and criticism and the Italian Renaissance style Government Buildings on the corner of Worcester street and Cathedral Square were…
An entry from Ruth Gardner's Blog for 23 March 2014 entitled, "Easter Eggs".
On this summer’s day in 1906, the ten o’clock morning tram to Sumner is about to depart from outside the Royal Exchange in Cathedral Square. An excursion to Sumner was a popular outing …
An archaeological report compiled for New Zealand Historic Places Trust under the Historical Places Act 1993
Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Monday 3 September 2012.
An article from Army News, March 2011 titled, "Looking for Life Amidst the Rubble".
In our last post, Jeremy talked about the site of H. F. Stevens, wholesale druggist, on Worcester Street near Cathedral Square. We excavated the site in 2011 and found a number of artefacts, including the Udolpho Wolfe’s bottles featured last … Continue reading →
An article from Army News, March 2011 titled, "Sappers Show Their Expertise in a City Under Siege".
A PDF copy of the site map for Canterbury Tales. Canterbury Tales was the main event of FESTA 2013; a carnivalesque procession through the central city, led by Free Theatre Christchurch. Sculptural installations and performances were part of the procession, which started at the Bridge of Remembrance and ended in Cathedral Square.
Should you have been so fortunate, while wandering the streets of 1860s Christchurch, to find yourself north of the square, you may have come across an establishment bearing the name of Sydenham House and containing within its walls all manner of … Continue reading →
A PDF copy of pages 160-161 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Gap Filler Fun Fair'. Photos: Gap Filler
A PDF copy of pages 242-243 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Ministry of Justice Gate Keepers'. Photos: Douglas Horrell
A PDF copy of pages 246-247 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Earthquake in Chile'. Photos: Sharon Mazer. With permission from Free Theatre.
A PDF copy of page 238 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The page documents the transitional project 'The Anglican Cathedral'. Note that images have been removed from the page for copyright reasons.
An entry from Jennifer Middendorf's blog for 21 October 2012 entitled, "Back by maternal demand".
A PDF copy of pages 88-89 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Christchurch Transitional Cathedral'. Photos with permission: The Anglican Church
A PDF copy of pages 152-153 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Arcades Project'. Drawings and Photos: Andrew Just, F3 Design, LIVS