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20130320_1044_EOS M-29 lifted house (Day 79/365)
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A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.
20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)
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One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...
20130627_8864_1D3-32 Pay Here
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Maybe it should be titled "Pray Here"! The old church buildings next to the Christchurch Basilica (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament) have been demolished and replaced with ANOTHER Wilson's Car Park. Hundreds of sites in the city where buildings have been demolished after the earthquakes have been replaced in the short term by car parks!
20130524_7201_1D3-32 Demolition of houses in Bexley is ongoing
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20130524_7207_1D3-75 Earthquake damage to a Hulverstone Drive house
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Awaiting demolition
20130613_7577_1D3-24 My trees have gone!
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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.
20130511_1538_EOS M-22 The Last National Bank?
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I think all the National Banks in the country have been either closed or rebranded ANZ, but this one on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets is still inside the CBD red zone and has yet to be touched. I have heard that this building is staying so whether it becomes an ANZ or not time will tell. This was one of the top five busiest pedest...
20130808_2300_1D3-40 Warning (Day 220/365)
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Across the river were a row of several houses - all gone now. That side of the river is "Red Zone" and will be devoid of houses soon. #4077
20130808_2293_1D3-40 New Brighton bridge
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Still awaiting a repair, but with so many bridges closed or partially closed we are lucky this one had what maybe minor damage.
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!
20130125_1760_1D3-115 Road Closed 2
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This is the Summit Road below Mt Cavendish and shows a few remaining high buildings in the central city beyond (in setting sun). Just above centre is the doomed AMI Stadium (1) aka Lancaster Park, home to Canterbury cricket and rugby till the erathquakes.
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_1878_1D3-24 Pizza Oven on Park Royal site
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20130130_1876_1D3-24 Park Royal (Crowne Plaza) site
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20130130_1887_1D3-80 Not what we normally call a Pallet Fire
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20130112_2576_G12-18 Avon River. Herring Bay, Kibblewhite Street, South Ne…
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When I was a kid this bit of land in the foreground was level and extended at least three times further out, but after the earthquakes you can see the angle that land near the river slumped. We used to catch a lot of herrings (yellow -eyed mullet) here when I was a kid, hence the local name of Herring Bay. Across the river is the Bexley Wetlands.
20130106_1240_1D3-60 Medway Street footbridge-2
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Earthquake damage. As a result of the September 2010 earthquake, with further damage from the February 2011 event.
20131231_8504_EOS M-22 Looking up Cashel Street
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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while. For 36 years I worked in a now gone building where that red car is parked (on the left). and would have walked this route thousands of times, yet now it is...
20131231_8513_EOS M-22 The chocolate double decker
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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while. This bus is used as a chocolate restaurant, and is parked next to the Pallet Pavilion on the site of the old Park Royal Hotel.
20130827_2683_1D3-28 Thanks 4 the Memories exhibit
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Worcester Blvd. Lawrence Roberts works for Photo & Video in Christchurch, suppliers of much of my photo gear in exchange for cash!
20130827_2674_1D3-35 Where Scott was
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The site of the Robert Falcon Scott statue. Here is what it looked like before (lining up ICE from POLICE on the Police building) www.flickr.com/photos/johnstewartnz/5921425414/in/set-721...
20130827_2619_1D3-105 Queensland Search and Rescue sign
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Exactly 2½ years (27/02/11 - 27/08/13) since the Queensland (Australia) SAR team TF1 spray painted this on a concrete fence in Armagh Street. Not many of these signs left now as many buildings have been demolished.
20130524_7208_1D3-50 Earthquake damage to a Hulverstone Drive "red zone" h…
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Awaiting demolition. Blue pipes are water supply to anyone still living on Hulverstone Drive.
20130524_7214_1D3-40 Hidden park bench
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Prior to the earthquakes (mainly the February 22 2011 event) this park bench was at track level. Shortly after the February quake someone in the council did the sums and realised that the area near the Avon River had dropped between a metre and 1.4m (about 4 foot), so a rush job by contractors shifted in many tonnes of rock and gravel to raise a...
20130312_4425_1D3-150 South New Brighton boardwalk track [Explored]
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Damaged in the earthquakes, now with more bends and not level as it was before. Selected for Explore. #306 12/05/13
20130312_0937_EOS M-55 T-Rex
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Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...
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.
20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)
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A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).
20131212_6234_1D3-24 Another New Brighton building comes down (Day 346/365)
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The old Esplanade Tavern is being demolished due to damage suffered in the earthquakes of 2011. Another one of New Brighton's iconic buildings to go.
20130627_8871_1D3-60 Container support
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Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrameny aka Christchurch Basilica