Beckenham shops

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Now demolished.

20130206_0211_EOS M-55 Town Hall and Ferrier Fountain

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20131110_8306_EOS M-55 Beauty in the Red Zone

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There is some beauty in the desolate and near empty Dallington Red Zone.

20130206_0215_EOS M-47 Ferrier Fountain at the Town Hall

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Full of weeds after nearly two years of neglect. First time I have been in Victoria Square in over two years.

20130206_0195_EOS M-21 Salvation Army Citadel

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A week ago this building was intact, now partially demolished. Will be an empty site in a week or two.

20160307_0036_EOS M-41 Summit Road closed

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20131110_8308_EOS M-28 Lupins in the Red Zone

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Another empty Red Zone section. Avonside Drive, Dallington.

20130206_0177_EOS M-18 The remains of the old railway station - Moorhouse …

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Christchurch Press Image: Charlie Gates 2010:09:04 18:55:51

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A unit of about 15 New Zealand Territorial Army soldiers prepare to sandbag a broken pumping station in New Brighton to stop water pouring into neighbouring properties. The pumping station on the corner of Palmers Road and New Brighton Road was badly damaged and water was pouring onto both streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Charlie Gates 2010:09:04 18:55:49

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "A unit of about 15 New Zealand Territorial Army soldiers prepare to sandbag a broken pumping station in New Brighton to stop water pouring into neighbouring properties. The pumping station on the corner of Palmers Road and New Brighton Road was badly damaged and water was pouring onto both streets".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:14 12:18:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Mosaic artist Sarah Rutland creates art work from broken objects and hopes to create art from Canterbury's rubble".

Christchurch Press Image: Carys Monteath 2010:09:04 12:55:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. A massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit Christchurch and the wider South Island, causing widespread damage, two serious injuries and power cuts to most of the city. Members of the Blackwells family watch as their Kaiapoi landmark store is pulled down after the earthquake - the store was deemed too dangerous and demolition started immediately".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett, 2011:02:24 22:18:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Damage in Redcliffs. One of the streets that have been evacuated from homes in Redcliffs".

Christchurch Press Image: Stacy Squires, 2011:02:22 13:55:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage in central Christchurch after a 6.3 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:18 10:55:31

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage following the 7.1 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:18 11:02:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake damage following the 7.1 earthquake".

Christchurch Press Image: Iain McGregor 2010:09:18 06:55:46

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. Demolition of shops on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes Street".

Christchurch Press Image: John Kirk-Anderson 2010:09:08 16:55:18

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Following Canterbury's earthquakes".

Fairfax Media Auckland Bureau Image: John Selkirk 2010:12:18 11:40:55

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "From left: Cartier Guthrie (8) Mary Keenan (9), Nick Te Paa (7) and Jesse Grossi play on Motuihe Island where they and other disadvantaged earthquake victims from Christchurch spent the day, courtesy of Westpac".

20130911_8095_EOS M-33 Another one ready to leave

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Another salvaged house from the Bexley (Pacific Park) red zone is on the truck and may start it's journey to a new location overnight.

20130328_1143_EOS M-55 Red zone weeds (Day 87/365)

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Growing in a red zone vacant section in Wetlands Grove, Pacific Park.

20131110_8305_EOS M-27 Empty and overgrown (Day 314/365)

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A house, one of the few still remaining in the Dallington Red Zone (Avonside Drive, Dallington). The area is "red zoned" due to land damage from earthquakes (mainly the February 22nd 2011 6.4 magnitude quake).

20130416_1284_EOS M-33 200 metres

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A bit of the now demolished QEII (Queen Elizabeth II) Park running track in the "Gap Filler" on the old Deka site in New Brighton (last occupied by a charity barn before a major fire and subsequent demolition).

20130328_1148_EOS M-49 T-Rex may have visited

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The seismic survey truck T-Rex (from University of Texas) was in Bexley and Pacific Park a few days ago and may have left this calling card on the front lawn of my old "red zone" house. Obviously the geotechs will know what it means.

20130312_0937_EOS M-55 T-Rex

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Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...

20130315_0989_EOS M-46 Closed for refurbishment? Building demolished (Day …

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Strange sign when the building it refers to is no longer there. Earthquake damage.

Christchurch Press Image: Richard Cosgrove 2010:09:08 14:18:40

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lion Nathan staff clean up the warehouse in St Asaph Street. Even though there has been huge destruction, beer supplies have been restored with the arrival of 55 shipping containers filled with beer from Auckland".

20130312_0938_EOS M-39 T-Rex

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Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...

20130312_0936_EOS M-27 T-Rex

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Went for a drive down to South New Brighton/Southshore after work today to see what interesting birds I could find on the Estuary (godwits, skuas, terns etc), but passing Jellico Street, I saw this. T-Rex the seismic survey truck from the University of Texas that is visiting the city (first time out of USA). Weighs 30 tonne and from the marks o...

20130320_1044_EOS M-29 lifted house (Day 79/365)

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A red-zone house just a few down the road from where we used to live in Velsheda Street, with bricks (brick veneer?) off and lifted prior to transporting away.