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A view after the 6.3 magnatude quake hit Christchurch 22 February 2011.
Knox Church Rebuild/ repair on a walk around the neighbourhood May 17, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.
Christchurch's old central city police station building will now be demolished on Sunday by implosion. Another one of Christchurch recognisable buildings to be given a death sentence following the earthquakes of 2010/2011.
Photo by Geoff Trotter at www.dreamdreams.co.nz
One of the features of the West Coast forests with their extremely high rainfalls is the large quantity of moss, that serve as a background to this mushroom.
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20130827_2654_1D3-24 Corner Colombo/Hereford Street, Christchurch
The same view as the previous photo. Building demolished after the earthquake of 2011!
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20130808_2293_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
Still awaiting a repair, but with so many bridges closed or partially closed we are lucky this one had what maybe minor damage.
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Worcester Blvd. Lawrence Roberts works for Photo & Video in Christchurch, suppliers of much of my photo gear in exchange for cash!
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20131231_8511_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building for sale, under the archway
Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while.
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At least two broken pieces from the Scott statue rest in the Canterbury Museum. The statue toppled in the 22nd February 2011 earthquake.
20130808_2296_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
Prior to the earthquakes the stone wall at right was near road level. Now it is about 1.5m (4-5ft) lower.
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20130808_2288_1D3-40 Awaiting demoloition
Two relatively new town houses in the Bexley "Red Zone". Awaiting demolition due to severe land problems. Have been vandalised.
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Nearing the end of demolition of the Westend Jewellers site on the corner of Worcester and Manchester Streets, Christchurch. Badly damaged in the September 4th earthquake.
The city side of the South Brighton bridge. Approaches on both sides will need extensive work before this bridge can re-open.
Castle Rock above Heathcote, showing damage (and two very large pieces in the foreground) that came down during the 7.1 quake on 4th September.
Two of the large boulders (larger than a house or two) that came down from
Castle Rock (see the fence in front of the boulders).
Nearly two weeks after the 7.1 earthquake, and a week after demolition started, this is the end of The Valley Inn in Heathcote.
A section of retaining wall that tilted in the Christchurch 2011 earthquake. At the Edmunds Band Rotunda sight. Still not repaired,
20131228_6787_1D3-82 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 2)
The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas.
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20131228_6797_1D3-58 The old Odeon Theatre
The back of the old Odeon movie theatre, that was for about 15-20 years a New Life Christian Centre. This is earthquake damage, although the roof was lifted off in 2011. I don't know whether this is a building that they want to save or still awaiting demolition.
The smaller building to the immediate...
As buildings are demolished as a result of the earthquake in 2011, Wilson Carparking are waiting to pounce on each bit of vacant land. Someone suggested about a year ago that the city be renamed "Wilson" as that name appears more in the central city than Christchurch does!
In the background the CERES NZ nibbler attacks the support structure fo...
The sign reads:
The CTV Building was headquarters of Canterbury Television (CTV) and also housed King’s Education language School, a medical clinic, Hair Consultants, Relationship Services and a nursing school.
On February 22nd 2011 the building collapsed as a result of a major earthquake. Sadly, 115 people who were in the building lost their l...
20160104_1602_7D2-20 Porritt Park
Porritt Park was, before the earthquakes, the headquarters of hockey in this region. Two astro-turf fields (the main one was to the left of the building), and corporate offices etc.
The earthquakes buckled all the playing surfaces and damaged the buildings; a couple of smaller ones have been removed.
Hocke...
20160415_0029_1D3-24 Red Zone Closures
The permanent closure (to motor vehicles) of the Bexley red zone streets has started.
This was once the main south-north route just west of the Avon River in the New Brighton area, till an expressway (ring road) was built about 80m to the west (right) about 12-13 years ago. Then it became just another ...
Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch" in Spanish.
File reference:
CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_026.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Avonhead Park Cemetery Interment Site. Central plinth. Inscription reads: "Etched in our City’s memory, never to be forgotten. The City of Christchurch".
File reference:
CCL-2012-02-27-AvonheadParkCemeteryIntermentSite-February-2012 DSC_027.JPG
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
