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BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 129

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Telecom building, the Old Exchange Building and the Old Post Office are all in this photo as well as the Millennium Hotel and a few cranes".

A villa built on the Sumner Esplanade in Christchurch early last century has been saved from demolition and given a new lease of life. A Queenstown couple couldn't bear to see the beautiful home demolished after the earthquakes, so they bought it, had it cut into two pieces and trucked the 500-kilometres south to the Gibbston Valley near Queenstown.

A lot of old rubbish!

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

…this yard being kept in a disreputable state, there are no cinder pits in proper places to throw the refuse of cooking and things in general, as at home, so old bones, vegetable remains, scrapings of plates, cinders, tea leaves, … Continue reading →

The Old Sumner Road Cave Dweller

Articles, Lost Christchurch

A Pitiable Case As a man was walking around Sumner road, in October 1901, a lady passed by and drew his attention to a small cave in the side of the hill where she said an old lady and her husband …

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The old Public Trust Office building on Oxford Terrace.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2013 photograph 143

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The demolition site of the ANZ Building. A digger sits behind a pile of rubble, and water fills the former basement. The former post office can be seen in the background.

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A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The old Telecom building on Hereford Street".

Canterbury Tales Photograph 2013:10:27 (01)

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A photograph of old-fashioned speakers installed on scaffolding in Cathedral Square, for FESTA 2013.

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The rear of the old City Council building on Tuam Street, seen from Cashel Street.

50 year old message in a bottle found in Chch

Audio, Radio New Zealand

A message in a bottle, hidden under the floor of a Christchurch home for over fifty years, has been discovered during earthquake repairs and its writer's been tracked down.

20131228_6797_1D3-58 The old Odeon Theatre

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The back of the old Odeon movie theatre, that was for about 15-20 years a New Life Christian Centre. This is earthquake damage, although the roof was lifted off in 2011. I don't know whether this is a building that they want to save or still awaiting demolition. The smaller building to the immediate left was restored a few years ago and for a...

20130130_1815_1D3-28 The old Sony shop

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Mike Hewson's installation, "Old Public Toilets", on the site of a demolished building on Hereford Street.