Zero Cars

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Spray-painted writing on the side of a car parking building reads "0 cars". The photographer comments, "Strangely and appropriately this graffiti was on a car park. In fact the graffiti was 100% correct as the car park is in the Christchurch earthquake red zone and there should be zero cars now inside it. It may have been put on by an anti car protester or just an indication that the car park is empty. One of the suggestions for the City plan for the rebuilt Christchurch was for a pedestrian and cycle only area, which also fits in with 0 CARS".

Bus Exchange Boundary Seats Photograph 1

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A photograph of plantings along a car park border in Lichfield Street.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2444

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Cars park outside the CBD cordon, on the right is an aqua Ford Thunderbird car.

The Biggest Car Park in the World

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A digitally manipulated image of a direction signpost, with every sign pointing to parking. The photographer comments, "With around 70% of the buildings to be demolished in the CBD, Christchurch, New Zealand will be the biggest parking lot in the world for a few years".

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2150

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The site where a building once stood has been turned into a Wilson's car park.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2662

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Demolition of the Lumley House, beside the BDO House seen from the back, near the Knox Church car park.

Fairfax Video, November 2012 (9)

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A video examining the New Brighton Master Plan released by the Christchurch City Council. The plan proposes extending Oram Avenue through to the car park on Hawke Street and moving the supermarket to the back of the Hawke Street car park. The slow road through the top part of the mall will also be extended through the pedestrianized section, and a bus exchange will be built on Beresford Street.

Photograph by Jocelyn Kinghorn 2159

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Ongoing repair and deconstruction work on Victoria Street. The car park to the left of the image was left after the demolition of a building.

Fairfax Video, November 2012 (6)

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Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city. The video includes footage of the Hotel Grand Chancellor, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the former Press Building, Worcester Street, Cathedral Square, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, St John the Baptist Church hall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers car park.

Bus Exchange Boundary Seats Photograph 2

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A photograph of seating at the temporary bus exchange on Lichfield Street.

Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :Housing crisis in Christchurch forces some C…

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Text reads 'Did you put the cat out and lock and back door?'. Shows car parked in Christchurch City at night. Context: People have been sleeping in their cars due to housing shortage created by Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 (Stuff 29 March 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Looking Towards the Red Zone

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A view down Beresford Street in New Brighton, looking west towards the city at sunset. The photographer comments, "On the other side of the Avon river from New Brighton is the Bexley red zone. Here numerous earthquake damaged streets of houses will be flattened due to it being to uneconomical in the current climate to repair the land to be suitable for housing. There is a campaign at the moment to try and convert all this red zone land, which is mainly adjacent to the Avon river to a giant park".