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Shop at the base of Manchester Courts
Columbo St Sydenham. Would not have like to been in there!
soon to be demolished
In Colombo St, Sydenham
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I used to get lunch at the cafe "Next Best" here. Glad the earthquake did not strike at lunch time!
Following Feb 22nd 2011 6.3 shake this building is no more.
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Now a heap of rubble. It didn't stand up to the bigger aftershocks
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2nd building in has been demolished and site cleared
It is hard to imagine the destruction which surrounds this area on such a beautiful clear calm sunny spring morning, It seems as if Christchuch has changed forever. I wonder how long it will take us to recover.
A view after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch. Victoria Street. So sad to see history die - both buildings and business. Sign on the back wall says, "You gotta be there Christchurch" - sadly ironic! Given a bit of a HDR process to add some of what I was "feeling" at the time.
Rolleston/Burnham, South Island, NZ It's been a busy few weeks! Was away on geology fieldtrips all the previous two weeks, then on Saturday morning 4th September 2010 at 4.35 am we got woken in Westport to a reasonable but very long earthquake. My husband was back in Christchurch at the time and texted me saying "are you ok?". I replied, "yes!"...
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