Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4080 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
A PDF copy of pages 8-9 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'EPIC'.
A photograph of the front of the EPIC building on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the front of the EPIC building on Tuam Street.
The new EPIC Innovation Centre on the corner of Tuam and Manchester Streets.
A photograph of the east side of the Odeon Theatre, showing the severe damage at the back of the theatre.
A photograph of the side of the McKenzie & Willis building, seen from Tuam Street.
Back in 2011, a slightly rusty three speed bike abandoned after the September earthquake on a demolition site in Christchurch caught the attention of John Smithies. He's 72, only slightly older than the bike, and he decided it would be just the bicycle to take on a epic, 2000 kilometre journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff. He started in September and expects to reach Bluff on Friday. He's making the epic journey in memory of his wife, Alison who died two years ago of a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The ride down State Highway One is raising money for leukemia and blood cancer.