Jessie Garland and Luke Tremlett References and acknowledgements Christchurch City Council. Garvin, J., 2001. A Building History of Northern New England. University Press of New England, New Hampshire. Insight Unlimited.
Tiny British-made locomotive engines first began chugging between Ferrymead’s Wharf on the estuary and the city on December 1st, 1863. This was New Zealand’s first public railway line, …
Wendy Riley A relative newcomer to Christchurch, Wendy has deep-rooted connections to the city. Her ancestors, like many colonial New Zealanders, traced their origins to Scotland and England. After…
A PDF copy of pages 148-149 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Boxed Quarter'. Drawings with permission: F3 Design
A PDF copy of pages 10-11 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Re:START'. Photos: John Suckling
A PDF copy of pages 24-25 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Rekindle Furniture'. Photos: Laura Forest Photography
A PDF copy of page 140 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The page documents the transitional project 'CCDU 100 Day Plan'.
A report covering the ecological effects of the Christchurch Earthquake upon the city's rivers.
A report on the ecological effects of the Christchurch Earthquake upon the city's estuary.
For the first Catholics in Christchurch, the purchasing of land within the city boundaries was met with great difficulty. Their first hurdle was to secure land from the Anglican dominated hierarchy…
1884 Outside the City Hotel, a stream of Hackney and Hansom cabs wait for fares at ‘Cabstand Corner’ (later known as the ‘Triangle’.) The year is 1884 and it appears t…
The moving of the Post Office from Market Square to its new site in Cathedral Square, was a significant development in Cathedral Square’s importance in Christchurch business and city life. Th…
A PDF copy of pages 94-95 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Buskers Festival Relocation Around the Events Village'. Photo with permission: Buskers Festival
A PDF copy of page 132 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The page documents the transitional project 'Hunters & Collectors Building'. Note that images have been removed from the page for copyright reasons.
A PDF copy of pages 12-13 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Tati/Playtime'. Photos: Barnaby Bennett
A PDF copy of pages 352-353 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Breaking Wonderful'. Photos by Jesse Roscoe
On the evening of February 7th, 1908 the headlines in the Star ‘screamed out’ A DISASTROUS FIRE, HUGE OUTBREAK IN THE CITY, CENTRAL BLOCK DEVASTATED, DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUS…
A PDF copy of pages 154-155 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Gap Filler #1'. Photos: Gap Filler
A PDF copy of pages 66-67 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Capitalism Has Collapsed'. Photo: Reuben Woods
A diagram created in 2011, showing the communication structure across rebuild agencies.
An outline, created in 2011, of the levels of service and condition of the horizontal infrastructure within the central city, providing a broad indication of damage, service levels provided to residents and business owners, and used to estimate the cost of repairs following the earthquake events.
A document outlining how the rebuild of wastewater, water supply, storm water and roading infrastructure was to be managed and coordinated with other programmes of work in the central city.
A diagram illustrating how the rebuild of the three waters and roading infrastructure was to be managed and coordinated with other programmes of work in the central city.
A plan which describes how SCIRT would manage the risks associated with rebuilding horizontal infrastructure within Christchurch's central city area. The first version of this plan was produced on 24 October 2013.
Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incep…
Up until February 22nd, 2011, the city of Christchurch was a unique, historic and cultural living and breathing entity. Inherited from a long list of valuable contributors dating back to its incept…
“Bridges are as much a distinctive part of the Christchurch landscape as its well-planted appearance and its old Gothic style provincial buildings. The chance which placed the city by the river Avo…
The health benefits, cleanliness and exoticism of the Turkish Bath so appealed to Canterbury settlers that it became the height of fashion in the 1880s. Today we enjoy city operated spa facilities …
Cobb & Co, Corner of Cashel and High Streets c. 1880. Source: Christchurch City Libraries Photo Collection 22, Img 00803, Private Collection For as far back as 1856, when the first hansom cab p…
A PDF copy of pages 194-195 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Sumner Community-Led Masterplan'.