20130827_2685_1D3-45 Arts Centre repairs

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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_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!

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.

20130403_2908_G12-25 Cardboard Cathedral

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The temporary (10 years?) and cheap ($4-6 million) Anglican Cathedral being built a few hundred meters away from the old stone structure that was the centre of Christchurch. Both buildings (the original and this) have caused a lot of controversy, many wanting the old stone one to be repaired (the church want to demolish it), and this as a waste ...

20131228_6797_1D3-58 The old Odeon Theatre

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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 left was restored a few years ago and for a...