Does Autumn Colours Help Disguise the Damage?

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A digitally manipulated image of a damaged fence. Concrete blocks have fallen from the wall leaving a large gap, through which autumn leaves are visible.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 10/03/2012: The Taggers' Trail

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 10 March 2012 entitled, "The Taggers' Trail".

Quake Damaged Christ's College Rowing Club

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The damaged Christ's College Rowing Club building at Kerrs Reach. The building has visibly slumped to one side. The photographer comments, "This is the sad state of the building after 3 earthquakes has caused the rowing club to sink like a leaky boat".

The Way

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An elaborate graffiti tag sprayed on a wall beside a demolition site on Tuam Street. A collection of abandoned objects lie on the site. The photographer comments, "Graffiti spotted in the Christchurch earthquake red zone. What I liked was the odd mixture of bits and bobs around it".

Twisted Memories

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A digitally manipulated photograph of the badly twisted Medway Street footbridge. The photographer comments, "This bridge over the Avon River in Christchurch, New Zealand has been left in place since the first major earthquake back in September 2010. Graffiti artists or taggers are still leaving their marks on it even though it is nearly twisted at 90 degrees at one point".

Three Leaf Clover

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Graffiti on a damaged building. The photographer comments, "They should have painted four leaf clover, if they wanted this tagging to survive the demolition of the earthquake damaged Ozone in Christchurch

Christchurch Press 22 August 2013: Section A, Page 7

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Page 7 of Section A of the Christchurch Press, published on Thursday 22 August 2013.

Photograph number UC 10-0661

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Library staff Catherine Werner and Nazira Yusoff working to reshelve books and help with new electronic book tags.

Time to Wash Away the Cobwebs

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Cobwebs and graffiti in a shower block. The photographer comments, "This was the Soccer changing rooms in Bexley Park in Christchurch. They have now been made out of bounds due to the extensive damage to the big building. The spiders must have grown awfully big though".

Gap Filler Submission to the Christchurch City Council Draft City Plan (3)

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A Gap Filler submission to the Christchurch City Council Draft City Plan on behalf of the Gap Filler Trust, Greening the Rubble Trust and Life in Vacant Spaces Charitable Trust. The submission recommeded that the Christchurch City Council retain the funding levels for these intiatives at 2012 levels ($565,000) rather than reduce them to $400,000 as proposed, and that this funding be tagged for projects citywide and not restructed to the central city.