An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 29 July 2012 entitled, "Container and Crane".
A PDF copy of pages 188-189 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Dairy and Container Colombo Street'. Photos: Coralie Winn
Shops in the Re:Start container mall in the former Cashel Mall.
Shops in the Re:Start container mall in the former Cashel Mall.
Shops in the Re:Start container mall in the former Cashel Mall.
Shops in the Re:Start container mall in the former Cashel Mall.
Shops in the Re:Start container mall in the former Cashel Mall.
Pipes lead into a shipping container. The photographer comments, "In Christchurch containers are so very versatile: They are used as barricades, supports, homes, shops, art galleries, artworks, Malls, pubs and bars, Thai takeaways and now sewage works".
A PDF copy of pages 226-227 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Village Grape Sumner Container Bar'. Photos: Irene Boles
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Detail of one of the container shops making up the Re:Start Mall.
Outside the Plush store, one of the container shops in Re:Start mall.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Residents in Lyttelton fill water containers from a tank".
Part of the container wall to stop rock falls on Main Road, Sumner.
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrameny aka Christchurch Basilica
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrameny aka Christchurch Basilica
A photograph of a shipping container on the footpath outside 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".
A photograph of a shipping container on the footpath outside 392 Oxford Terrace. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed over three weeks. The materials were then stored in the shipping container until the house was reconstructed at a new site".
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 18 November 2011 entitled, "Christchurch Container Mall".
A digitally manipulated image of people in Re:Start Mall. The photographer comments, "In Christchurch there is a temporary mall that is made out of shipping containers. The containers painted in nice bright colours, colourful shade sails and various advertisements give the place a very merry feel".
A crane holds a shipping container against a building while it is being demolished.
A crane holds a shipping container against a building while it is being demolished.
Look through the cordon fence, piles of building rubble, rubbish skips and shipping containers.
The Thai Container, a Thai food takeout operating from a caravan on Bealey Avenue.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 19 June 2012 entitled, "Christchurch Container this Winter".
A video of people shopping on the opening day of Re:Start Mall. Re:Start Mall is a container mall set up in Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. It is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.