Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 292-293: Car Park Frontage

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A PDF copy of pages 292-293 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Car Park Frontage'. Photos with permission from Greening the Rubble

20130627_8864_1D3-32 Pay Here

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Maybe it should be titled "Pray Here"! The old church buildings next to the Christchurch Basilica (Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament) have been demolished and replaced with ANOTHER Wilson's Car Park. Hundreds of sites in the city where buildings have been demolished after the earthquakes have been replaced in the short term by car parks!

Koen Broekema's Photograph 218

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An abandoned cafe located in the Pavilion building on Cashel Street. A dead plant, magazines, and newspapers are laid out on the counter and the reflection of Les Mills Gym car park can be seen in the window.

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 250-251: Cardencity

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A PDF copy of pages 250-251 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Cardencity'. Photos: Trent Hiles

20130610_7556_EOS M-22 HireQuip toilet (Day 161/365)

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Sitting on the concrete in front of what was my model railway room - a single car garage at the rear of our house in Pacific Park. Reason it is here - one of the houses behind my old house is going to be trucked out. See previous photo.

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 76-77: Bag-O-Love

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A PDF copy of pages 76-77 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Bag-O-Love'. Photo: Reuben Woods

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 242-243: Ministry of Just…

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A PDF copy of pages 242-243 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Ministry of Justice Gate Keepers'. Photos: Douglas Horrell

Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV, pages 294-295: Bus Exchange Bou…

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A PDF copy of pages 294-295 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Bus Exchange Boundary Seats'. Photos with permission from Greening the Rubble

20130622_7842_1D3-24 Disabled in more ways than one (Day 173/365)

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One of many disabled carparks outside what used to be one of the great sporting complexes in New Zealand. The Queen Elizabeth II Park complex in north-east Christchurch was built initially for the 1974 Commonwealth Games and was used for track and field and the adjoining pool complex had swimming and diving. It was built on an area that was used...

20131231_8504_EOS M-22 Looking up Cashel Street

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Another city walk around, this time with my brother-in-law from Auckland. Also went to the Quake City exhibition in the city organised by the Canterbury Museum. First fine day for a while. For 36 years I worked in a now gone building where that red car is parked (on the left). and would have walked this route thousands of times, yet now it is...