A house in Richmond being demolished. A crane dumps rubble into a truck. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
Hazard boards for a house being demolished in Richmond. The photographer comments, "Safety warning signs".
A house in Richmond being demolished. The digger knocks down the final wall. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger sits on top of the pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A worker hoses down the rubble to prevent dust. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger moves over the rubble. All but one corner has been demolished. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. The digger knocks down the final wall. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. The digger knocks down the final wall. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
A house in Richmond being demolished. A digger sits on top of the pile of rubble. The photographer comments, "The end of 393 River Rd".
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The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck at about 4:35 am. Thankfully, the day was warm and still (unlike the cold driving rain and hail of yesterday afternoon).
Sitting on the concrete in front of what was my model railway room - a single car garage at the rear of our house in Pacific Park. Reason it is here - one of the houses behind my old house is going to be trucked out. See previous photo.
The statue of Captain Cook looks over an empty Victoria Square with autumn leaves lying around. This used to be a very tidy and busy area, but is now nearly all fenced off. Pedestrian access to this section was established about five or six months ago.
A suburban "red zone" house from Velsheda Street (#11), Pacific Park, is finally cut in half and loaded ready for transport out and a future life somewhere else in the South Island, whether it be close by or way down south in Gore or Clinton (where a few have gone already). The house has been stripped of it's bricks and jacked up for over four m...
20131212_6234_1D3-24 Another New Brighton building comes down (Day 346/365)
The old Esplanade Tavern is being demolished due to damage suffered in the earthquakes of 2011. Another one of New Brighton's iconic buildings to go.
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The damaged (and once iconic Christchurch Cathedral) waits it's fate (repaired or demolish/rebuild) with the Millenium hotel in background.
20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave
Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.
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Work is continuing on the earthquake damaged South New Brighton bridge. Avon River to the left, Avon-Heathcote Estuary the other side of the bridge.
The electrical supply substation built into the Lion Breweries Canterbury Draught brewery in St Asaph Street, Christchurch. Now the whole complex is being demolished due to earthquake damage.
A digitally manipulated image of damaged buildings on St Asaph Street.
One print on paper of an artwork titled "There Came a Day" featuring the text "There came a day, the earth did say, I've had enough, of this fault's fray, so up it lift, a Christchurch rift, a seven point one, of rattle and tip, still here we are, too strong to split" in white and red ink on a black background.
Sewer repairs due to earthquake damage have our street totally closed off apart from pedestrian traffic down the footpath.
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...
A port-a-loo standing outside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Liquefaction can be seen on the footpath and road.
20130817_2457_1D3-400 The story of Christchurch (Day 229/365)
Many roads are closed all over eastern Christchurch as infra-structure repairs are carried out, whether it be water supplies, sewer repairs (as is the case here) or general road repairs, In just over two weeks it will be three years since the first earthquake happened (4th September...
20160703_144759_GT-S7275T-04 New sea wall at Redcliffs (185/366)
I went for a drive in my second car mainly to charge the battery up and forgot to take my camera gear so only had my phone.
This is the new rock wall to replace the severely damaged previous one (in the February 2011 earthquake). Work is still underway on the car parking and p...
20170918_6084_7D2-41 Demolition still happening (260/365)
Six ½ years after the earthquakes there are still a few demolitions taking place. This one is a block of council owned flats. Whether the whole complex is being demolished or not I don't know., but here the centre block of three is being demolished.
The green grass is what was sections...
20131214_6268_1D3-24 Where once stood houses (Day 348/365)
The area beside the lower Avon River in New Brighton of Evans Avenue and Admirals Way has been cleared of houses and boundary fences (there were between 15 and 20 houses on this block) , fully fenced with post and wire and "spray on" grass applied.
These were all red zone properties a...
Only it is worse this time! As from Wednesday I won't have car access to the property, nor the street, nor one of the neighbouring streets - for a month at least! A second attempt to do a sewer repair after the earthquakes - yes I know they were 3 to 2½ years ago!
Deconstruction has been halted, but this was the front of Christchurch's most famous landmark. The tower/spire was above the nearest bit of remains.
