20130524_7201_1D3-32 Demolition of houses in Bexley is ongoing

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20130130_1870_1D3-24 Peterborough Street - Convention Centre site

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Looking across to the Town Hall. Will it stay or will it go?

20130130_1837_1D3-40 Forsythe Barr

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Verandah roof of former Central Library on left. Rubble is from the former Farmers building and carpark.

20130130_1811_1D3-17 ANZ Port-A-Com

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When this building was first brought on site I spent a few hours removing the tape/paper that had been covering every window.

20130130_1832_1D3-67 Clarendon Towers

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Haha! This is the day before Mainzeal (see sign on fence at left) announced they had gone into receivership owing millions to the banks and sub-contractors like Smiths whose equipment is here.

20130130_1860_1D3-24 St Lukes in the City - stone memorial

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185 pieces of Rock from Halswell Quarry to represent the 185 lives lost as a result of the 22/02/11 earthquake.

20130610_7556_EOS M-22 HireQuip toilet (Day 161/365)

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Sitting on the concrete in front of what was my model railway room - a single car garage at the rear of our house in Pacific Park. Reason it is here - one of the houses behind my old house is going to be trucked out. See previous photo.

20130130_1861_1D3-47 St Lukes in the City - labyrinth

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According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (near the small statue) to the centre and out again. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel. See next photo for more detail.

20130130_1862_1D3-24 St Lukes in the City - labyrinth

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According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (here) to the centre and out again. That is without stepping across the gaps between bricks. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel!

Twelve Days of Christmas (part 2)

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20131228_6787_1D3-82 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 2) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...

The old Odeon Theatre

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20131228_6797_1D3-58 The old Odeon Theatre The back of the old Odeon movie theatre, that was for about 15-20 years a New Life Christian Centre. This is earthquake damage, although the roof was lifted off in 2011. I don't know whether this is a building that they want to save or still awaiting demolition. The smaller building to the immediate...

19 Velsheda Street

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20130613_7580_1D3-24 19 Velsheda Street The two nice trees in the front of my old property on the right (now owned by the government) have been cut down so the main section of the house behind could be trucked down the drive. The truck must have been up against the fence to get the height above the house to the left (15 Velsheda Street). Down t...

Twelve Days of Christmas (part 1)

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20131228_6786_1D3-97 Twelve Days of Christmas (part 1) The NG building on Madras Street was given the go ahead to repair earthquake damage, which the owners did at some expense, Now, the government want this land to build a central city stadium, so there is a protest on the windows set to the Christmas song the Twelve Days of Christmas. 12 mi...

My trees have gone!

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20130613_7577_1D3-24 My Trees cut down so a house being removed from behind could get out above the fence on one of those elevating house removal trailers. I don't know the story about the yellow (recycling) wheelie bin - the wheels have been removed. This was my house from March 2004 to mid-2012 when it was purchased by the government as it s...