BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0940

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This container is placed vertically against the building and filled with debris - Madras Street".

WEMO ERT Set 1 - March 2011 - Photograph 73

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A photograph of emergency management personnel standing outside the Harcourts Building on Madras Street.

Photograph by Neil Macbeth 577

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A view across Wakefield Avenue in Sumner to several local businesses, including Sumner Asian Restaurant, KB's Bakery, Harcourt's and The Ruptured Duck Pizzeria and Bar. Metal pipes can be seen bracing the balcony and walls of the building housing Harcourt's and The Ruptured Duck. The building has been cordoned off by a safety fence, and large cracks are visible in its walls and cornice.

The Harcourts Building : A 'seismic' shift?

Research Papers, Lincoln University

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify through the application of Actor Network Theory (ANT) the issues and impediments to the implementation of mandatory seismic retrofitting policies proposed by the New Zealand Government. In particular the tension between the heritage protection objectives contained in the Resource Management Act 1991 and the earthquake mitigation measures contained in the Building Act 2004 are examined. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses a case study approach based on the Harcourts Building in Wellington New Zealand and the case law relating to attempts to demolish this particular building. Use is made of ANT as a 'lens' to identify and study the controversies around mandatory seismic retrofitting of heritage buildings. The concept of translation is used to draw network diagrams.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0060

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The remains of a historic building housing The Ruptured Duck Pizzeria and Bar, and Harcourts Real Estate, on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0062

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The remains of a historic building housing The Ruptured Duck Pizzeria and Bar, and Harcourts Real Estate, on Wakefield Avenue in Sumner.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0939

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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "This container is placed vertically against the building and filled with debris - Madras Street".

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 141

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A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on Grenadier House on Madras Street. A red sticker taped to the glass above indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 142

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A photograph of USAR codes spray-painted on Grenadier House on Madras Street. A red sticker taped to the glass above indicates that the building is unsafe to enter.

New Brighton Three Weeks After the Quake - Photograph 05

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A Harcourts real estate sign on the Ozone Hotel advertises it for sale as a development site. The photographer comments, "A bike ride to New Brighton and the beach 3 weeks after the Feb 22 quake. Roads were still very rough and under reconstruction".

Chch's Cardboard cathedral may be sold to restore original

Audio, Radio New Zealand

The Anglican church is considering whether to sell Christchurch's cardboard cathedral to plug a shortfall in the budget for restoring the original descimated in the earthquakes. The church leadership will discuss the future of the cardboard building during meetings at the weekend. It opened opposite Latimer square in 2013 as a temporary place of worship, but soom became popular with tourists too. Meanwhile a 2017 estimate put the cost of restoring the actual Cathedral at just over $100 million, but that's since ballooned to north of $155 million. Harcourts real estate agent, Mark O'Loughlin, speaks to Lisa Owen from Christchurch. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6336786667112