20161018_9063_7D2-70 Restricted Area (292/366)

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In the suburban red zone on Avonside Drive.

20160703_144759_GT-S7275T-04 New sea wall at Redcliffs (185/366)

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20160703_144759_GT-S7275T-04 New sea wall at Redcliffs (185/366) I went for a drive in my second car mainly to charge the battery up and forgot to take my camera gear so only had my phone. This is the new rock wall to replace the severely damaged previous one (in the February 2011 earthquake). Work is still underway on the car parking and p...

20160104_1608_7D2-20 Porritt Park (004/366)

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Porritt Park was, before the earthquakes, the headquarters of hockey in this region. Two astro-turf fields (the main one was other side of the building), and corporate offices etc. The earthquakes buckled all the playing surfaces and damaged the buildings; a couple of smaller ones have been removed. Hockey shifted the other side of the city t...

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 366-367: Government Life …

Articles, UC QuakeStudies

A PDF copy of pages 366-367 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Government Life Suspension'.

20160307_0012_1D3-32 Subway is closed (067/366)

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The Subway shop in the High Street Mall has not operated since lunch time on the 22nd February 2011 when the most damaging of Christchurch and Canterbury's earthquakes struck. I assume the building is still to be demolished.

20160612_8434_1D3-40 Ticket Sales (164/366)

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The ticket office at Lancaster Park (AMI Stadium), not used since the February 2011 earthquake. Windows broken and door boarded up. We are still waiting to see what the outcome is for this stadium. Government want a new one closer to the CBD, so there is talk of this being demolished, while others want it repaired.