Shoes: Mizuno

Images, Canterbury Museum

One pair of Mizuno track and field shoes, size UK 9 1/2, in blue, yellow and grey. Amongst the items left at the site of the Canterbury Television (CTV) building, which collapsed during the 22 February 2011 earthquake, was this pair of shoes. They may have been left in remembrance of someone who died in the building or perhaps for someone to us...

Photograph by Eroica Ritchie 181

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Weeds growing on the site of a demolished building. In the foreground is an abandoned shoe.

Fairfax Video, March 2012 (6)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of an interview with Bruce Greenhalgh about the experiences of Smiths Sports Shoes after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. The business had to move from Moorhouse Avenue after the 4 September 2010 earthquake to Montreal Street. The 22 February 2011 earthquake then damaged their building on Montreal Street, forcing them to move again.

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A shoe lies abandoned at the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Streets. In the background, police tape cordons off the street.

Photograph of 633-643 Colombo Street (1)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Snowgum, Bennett's Shoe Service and the Benson Restaurant at 637, 639 and 641 Colombo Street.

Photograph of 633-643 Colombo Street (3)

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A photograph of the earthquake damage to Snowgum, Bennett's Shoe Service and the Benson Restaurant No.1 at 637, 639 and 641 Colombo Street.

Fairfax Video, February 2013 (1)

Videos, UC QuakeStudies

A video of a tour of two completed shops in New Regent Street. Mark Galletly from Galletly Builders talks about the damage caused by the 22 February 2011 earthquake, the work that was done to restore the shops, and the items that archaeologists found on the sites. The items found included the foundations of a nineteenth century ice skating rink, and bowling shoes. The video also includes an interview with shop owners Brian and Betty Hazeldine.

Tales of a house

Articles, Christchurch uncovered

So, that message in a bottle? Well, it turns out it wasn’t the only interesting thing about the site it came from. A fellmongery, German Danes, shoes… read on! First up, the bottle came from under a house built in … Continue reading →

A Giant Sized Game of Monopoly

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A digitally manipulated image of the Gap Filler Monopoly board square on Manchester Street. The photographer comments, "On the site of a demolished earthquake damaged building in Christchurch, New Zealand is a Monopoly game square for giants. The Gap Filler Project makes the bare land where once a building once stood into something both interesting and unique and this time they created a massive Monopoly board square. In the game of Monopoly you move your player with a dog, shoe or maybe the hat, but as the most common thing in the City are diggers they have the placed one on the square. There are also two houses on Manchester Street, which is priced at $240".