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20130130_1825_1D3-40 Football in the red zone

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Football turf has now gone and the area fenced off again.

20130130_1875_1D3-35 Gap Filler on Park Royal (Crowne Plaza) site

20130130_1881_1D3-28 Pallet Pavilion on Park Royal site

20130130_1879_1D3-32 Pallet Pavilion on Park Royal site

20130130_1954_1D3-95 Cunningham Tropical House

20130106_1236_1D3-60 Cathedral (006/365)

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Deconstruction has been halted, but this was the front of Christchurch's most famous landmark. The tower/spire was above the nearest bit of remains.

Crowne Plaza Demolition

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12th April 2012 Demolition of Crowne Plaza/Park Royal Hotel due to damage from 22nd February 2011 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks

20130130_1826_1D3-40 Colombo and Hereford

20130130_1861_1D3-47 St Lukes in the City - labyrinth

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_1857_1D3-85 New building - Kilmore Street

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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.

20130130_1883_1D3-50 at the Pallet Pavilion on Park Royal site

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Is it to "ward" off evil spirits?.

20130627_8878_1D3-28 We need the Pot of Gold!!

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On the day the the government and council jointly announced who will fund what, for the Christchurch rebuild, a rainbow appears over the rebuild of the Latimer Hotel. For the central city the figures are: NZ$4.9 billion with $2.9 billion coming from central government and $1.9 billion coming from the local city council (us ratepayers in Christc...

Crowne Plaza Demolition

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12th April 2012 Demolition of Crowne Plaza/Park Royal Hotel due to damage from 22nd February 2011 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks

Sad Kiwibird

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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...

Well, yes

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Makes sense that the end of the detour is where the road closes, right? msh1014: 12. Dead End

Cathedral Square Walkway

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OTBC - Crack around base of pillars

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

OTBC - view towards organ console

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St.

OTBC - showing organ pipes removed

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Oxford Terrace Baptist Church on the corner of Madras St and Oxford Terrace, and alongside the Central City Fire Station on Kilmore St. The organ pipes have been saved and safely removed into safe keeping by the South Island Organ Company.