Removal of the earthquake damaged footbridge over the Avon at Medway Street.
Tuesday 12 February 2013.
File reference: CCL-2013 -02-12-untitled5.bmp
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4006
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Removal of the earthquake damaged footbridge over the Avon at Medway Street.
Tuesday 12 February 2013.
File reference: CCL-2013 -02-12-untitled4.bmp
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 6 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-06IMG_2942
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4022
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 6 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-06IMG_2943
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3992
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3951
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 6 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-06IMG_2944
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3980
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3954
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 6 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-06IMG_2949
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3958
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4017
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Peter Majende, artist. Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4001
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Peter Majende, artist. Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3999
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Wednesday 6 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-06IMG_2945
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4005
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_3978
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Re:START Mall, Cashel Street, Christchurch.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4090
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (near the small statue) to the centre and out again. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel. See next photo for more detail.
According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (here) to the centre and out again. That is without stepping across the gaps between bricks. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel!
185 pieces of Rock from Halswell Quarry to represent the 185 lives lost as a result of the 22/02/11 earthquake.
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On the day the the government and council jointly announced who will fund what, for the Christchurch rebuild, a rainbow appears over the rebuild of the Latimer Hotel. For the central city the figures are: NZ$4.9 billion with $2.9 billion coming from central government and $1.9 billion coming from the local city council (us ratepayers in Christc...
A couple of city blocks away from the now damaged Cathedral a temporary $4million cathedral has been built using large cardboard tubes and sheeting.
What I found on a walk around the city Christchurch November 20, 2013 New Zealand.
www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake
This is the Summit Road below Mt Cavendish and shows a few remaining high buildings in the central city beyond (in setting sun). Just above centre is the doomed AMI Stadium (1) aka Lancaster Park, home to Canterbury cricket and rugby till the erathquakes.
Maybe it should be titled "Pray Here"!
The old church buildings next to the Christchurch Basilica (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament) have been demolished and replaced with ANOTHER Wilson's Car Park. Hundreds of sites in the city where buildings have been demolished after the earthquakes have been replaced in the short term by car parks!
Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...