Christchurch, NZ - Cashel Mall Restart

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

The CBD is slowly being opened up and this is the post - earthquake result of Cashel Mall. A vibrant, fresh look with high end shopping in colourful container shops. A really good step forward for the city.

Christchurch, NZ - Cashel Mall Restart

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

The CBD is slowly being opened up and this is the post - earthquake result of Cashel Mall. A vibrant, fresh look with high end shopping in colourful container shops. A really good step forward for the city.

Christchurch, NZ - Cashel Mall Restart

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

The CBD is slowly being opened up and this is the post - earthquake result of Cashel Mall. A vibrant, fresh look with high end shopping in colourful container shops. A really good step forward for the city.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2449

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Looking over container shops at Re:Start Mall, in the background is a carpark being deconstructed.

Fairfax Video, October 2011 (10)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of Mayor Bob Parker and Prime Minister John Key speaking at the opening of Re:Start Mall which has been set up on Cashel Street after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Re:Start mall is made up of shipping-container shops, with the Ballantynes Department Store reopening as a retail anchor.

5,Gather By the River

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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The Steam-Punk Sewage Works

Images, UC QuakeStudies

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".

3,Community Garden in the Wasteland

Images, eqnz.chch.2010

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Post earthquake landmark in Christchurch prepares to close

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Re:Start container mall was one of the first things to pop up in the city's derelict central business district after the February 2011 quake, but now it's preparing to close up shop, as Maja Burry reports.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 1991

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A view of shops on Papanui Road near the Merivale Mall. On the right are containers that the Quinns clothing shop in Merivale uses for stock display. A sign on the street says 'footpath closed please use other side'.