Ruth Gardner's Blog 09/07/2011: Happy Holidays

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 9 July 2011 entitled, "Happy Holidays".

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A photograph of the site of a demolished building on Tuam Street which is being used as a car park. The Inland Revenue Department Building, the Grand Chancellor and the Holiday Inn can all be seen in the distance.

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A view down Cashel Street looking east. The Westpac building and Holiday Inn building are in the background.

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The Holiday Inn On Avon has been fenced off, and silt from liquefaction still remains on the surrounding area.

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Looking across the Avon river, towards the Holiday Inn on Avon which has been taped off, and can be partially seen through the trees.

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Empty demolition sites on Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.

Christchurch Press Infographic: 5 December 2012

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A graphic showing how much material from tall building demolitions is recycled.

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A view down High Street looking towards the Holiday Inn building and the Westpac building (right). The 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry stands in the foreground.

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A view down High Street looking towards the Holiday Inn building and the Westpac building (right). The 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry stands in the foreground.

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High-rise buildings in the CBD seen over a concrete wall. From the left are the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Westpac building and the Holiday Inn City Centre.

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Look from the cordon fences on to empty demolition sites Tuam Street. The Alice in Videoland building can be seen on left with the Wespac building and Holiday Inn in the background.

Gap Filler Gap Hunt Booklet

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The Gap Hunt booklet put together by Gap Filler in collaboration with KidsFest for the school holidays. The booklet challenged school children to find and enjoy Gap Filler projects around the central city.

Fairfax Video, May 2012 (11)

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A video of a tour of the Christchurch central city Red Zone. The video includes footage of Cambridge Terrace, the Copthorne Hotel on Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, the Government Life Building in Cathedral Square, the Grant Thornton Building in Cathedral Square, the ChristChurch Cathedral, the new Press Building on Gloucester Street, the Design and Arts College building on Worcester Street, the new Westende Jewellers Building, Hereford Street, the Westpac Trust Building, the BNZ Building, the Holiday Inn, Lichfield Street, High Street, and Cathedral Junction.

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A view down High Street from the corner of Colombo and Hereford Streets. In the distance, the Holiday Inn City Centre is being demolished. Taken on a day when a walkway was opened up between Re:Start Mall and Cathedral Square to allow temporary public access.

Nelson Mail Image: Colin Smith 2010:09:08 15:33:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch family Kim Blazey and her partner Craig Yates with their children Kass 8 months and Sonny 2, relax at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park as they recover from the trauma of of last Saturday's earthquake".

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The empty space where the Fishers' Building previously was, on the corner of Litchfield and Hereford Streets. In the background are cranes, and the Holiday Inn building (centre) with the Westpac building on the right. Also on the right is the 'Flour Power' artwork by Regan Gentry.

Nelson Mail Image: Colin Smith 2010:09:08 15:44:38

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch family Craig Yates and his partner Kim Blazey and their children Kass, 8 months and Sonny, 2, relax in the playground at Tahuna Beach Holiday Park as they recover from the trauma of of last Saturday's earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires 2010:12:16 12:04:16

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "School's out! Pupils from St Pauls School leave their temporary campus at Catholic Cathedral College for the summer holidays. The Dallington Catholic school pupils have had a hell of a time after their school was badly damaged in the 4 September earthquake".

A Christchurch Sandcastle

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A large pile of liquefaction silt in Parklands has been topped with a Christmas star. The photographer comments, "Not exactly the kind of sand castle you want to build on your Summer holidays. This is the biggest of several piles of liquefaction in just one street in Parklands/Queenspark".