A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Waters Edge Apartments, Tidal View, Ferrymead".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Waters Edge Apartments, Tidal View, Ferrymead".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Liquefaction mounds on the Estuary. Looking towards 'Ferrymead Towers'".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Ferrymead Bridge".
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Ferrymead Bridge".
A logo for a Zone Life feature titled, "Life on the edge".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Intersection of Nyland Street and Wakefield Avenue, Sumner".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Protective wall of shipping containers below the Sumner cliffs".
High rise developments dominate skylines and are contentious in many low rise urban environments. Christchurch is no exception and its residents have historically been vocal in articulating their opinions on matters they care about, especially in regard to projects they perceive will ruin their ‘garden city’. At the turn of the millennium, developers were preparing yet another proposal which would get the tongues wagging in Christchurch with the development of the former Ferrymead Tavern site on Ferry Road. The planning process was a long and antagonistic one with many individuals viewing the built towers with a look of ‘disgust’ and discontent. In an ironic twist, the seismic activity in Christchurch over the last few years which has had major implications for a range of planning issues, incrementally led to the death of highly controversial Ferrymead ‘Water’s Edge’ Apartments.
A damaged house teetering on the edge of the cliff in Sumner. Below, shipping containers along the edge of Peacock's Gallop protect the road from further rockfall. The photographer comments, "About four meters of the rock face collapsed on June 13 undermining several houses along the cliff top".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Redcliffs showing the extent of the cliff collapse behind the Redcliffs School".
Houses teeter over the edge above Redcliffs School.
Demolition of the relatively new seven-storey Waters Edge Apartments in Ferrymead continues. CERES Environmental NZ are doing the job for CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority). Some will be pleased to see this block go as there was lot of resentment to it being built on the site of the old Ferrymead Tavern, Selected for Explore, #347...
Silt from liquefaction along the edge of a house.
A house now perched on the cliff edge at Redcliffs.
Cracks and damage around the bottom edges of a window.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Sumner cliffs".
Damaged houses perched on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A photograph of the Waters Edge Apartments, seen across the estuary.
A damaged house perched on the edge of the cliff in Sumner.
A damaged house perched on the edge of the cliff in Sumner.
A damaged house perched on the edge of the cliff in Sumner.
A damaged house teetering on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A damaged house teetering on the edge of the cliff in Sumner.
A damaged house teetering on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A damaged house perched on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A damaged house perched on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A damaged house teeters on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.
A damaged house teeters on the edge of the cliff at Redcliffs.