Ruth Gardner's Blog 13/05/2011: Crying over Carpet

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 13 May 2011 entitled, "Crying over Carpet".

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Carpet pulled up to be replaces in the James Hight Library.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 210

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A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water.

Photograph number UC 11-0105-57

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A worker grinds the carpet glue off the floor of the James Hight Library.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 227

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Silt from liquefaction outside the Merivale Mall. A pile of carpet pieces sit in front of the mall.

Cracked

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A large crack in the concrete floor slab of a building in Barbadoes Street. The photographer comments, "This is a picture of the cracked concrete floor in a shop in the Christchurch CBD. I have a similar crack in my home, but I have not lifted the carpet to look".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 211

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A photograph looking into the basement of the Copthorne Hotel. Rolls of carpet and chairs are sitting in a pool of water. To the left there is damage to one of the concrete beams. A section of the concrete has crumbled, exposing the steel reinforcement underneath.

Photograph by Paul Corliss 1685

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A photograph of carpets stripped out of a damaged building on Victoria Street. The photograph is captioned by Paul Corliss, "Behind the Knox Church".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 197

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A photograph of a seating area on the ground floor of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Dust and other debris is scattered across the carpet. A plate has fallen off the table and broken on the floor.