Canterbury Society of Arts gallery site

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Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02IMG_2185 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

Canterbury Society of Arts gallery site

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Wednesday 2 May 2012. File reference: CCL-2012-05-02 IMG_2188 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.

From This

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Earthquake damage at the Arts Centre, Christchurch

The Arts Centre of Christchurch - Dreaming Spires

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This winter-eve is warm, Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring, The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening, Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!— From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888

peacock fountain

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looking past the peacock fountain to the arts centre - under repair following the earthquake.

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Rescue services out in full force at the Christchurch Arts Centre following the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.

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Rescue services out in full force at the Christchurch Arts Centre following the magnitude 7 earthquake in Christchurch on Saturday 4-9-2010.

To This

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The tower on the Great Hall at the Arts Centre has recently been lowered to the ground for safety - and decorated for Christmas. It must be the most unusual Christmas tree ever.

Christchurch Buskers Festival

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Christchurch Buskers Festival

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Christchurch Buskers Festival

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Madonna in Quake Damaged Basilica

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This statue of the Virgin Mary stood in the south tower of The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and had been facing inside from when she was placed there and through the September 2010 earthquake. That changed on February 22 2010 at 12.51pm when Christchurch was rocked by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. During the violent shaking motion Mary was t...