20131231_8485_EOS M-22 Quake City exhibit

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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.

Getting Smaller

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Demolition underway on the old Government Life building on a walk around the city September 7, 2014 Christchurch New Zealand.

20131231_8484_EOS M-22 Quake City exhibit

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20131231_8484_EOS M-22 Quake City exhibit 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. #4502

20131231_8503_EOS M-22 From Cashel Street

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20131231_8503_EOS M-22 From Cashel Street 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. #4504

ChCh quake (Explore #84 04/09/10) & Flickrblog

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A local resident walks to the nearest dairy for essentials after the 7.1 magnitude quake, that has caused major infrastructure damage to Christchurch City.

20131231_8511_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building for sale, under the archway

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20131231_8511_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building for sale, under the archway 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. #4507

20130130_1861_1D3-47 St Lukes in the City - labyrinth

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According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (near the small statue) to the centre and out again. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel. See next photo for more detail.

20130130_1862_1D3-24 St Lukes in the City - labyrinth

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According to the sign it can take about 30 minutes to walk from the entry point (here) to the centre and out again. That is without stepping across the gaps between bricks. What you can do with a few thousand old bricks and gravel!

20131231_8509_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building with remains of PWC just behi…

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20131231_8509_EOS M-22 Forsyth Barr building with remains of PWC just behind the green fence (across river) 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. #4506

20130130_1814_1D3-40 Wilson City

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20131231_8504_EOS M-22 Looking up Cashel Street

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20131231_8504_EOS M-22 Looking up Cashel Street 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 wa...

20131231_8513_EOS M-22 The chocolate double decker

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20131231_8513_EOS M-22 The chocolate double decker 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. This bus is used as a chocolate restaurant, and is parked next to the Pallet Pavilion on the site of th...

20130130_1864_1D3-73 St Lukes in the City

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20130130_1819_1D3-40 Innovative idea in the city

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20130130_1859_1D3-105 St Lukes in the City - stone memorial

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20130130_1860_1D3-24 St Lukes in the City - stone memorial

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185 pieces of Rock from Halswell Quarry to represent the 185 lives lost as a result of the 22/02/11 earthquake.

The future face of Christchurch?

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20161112_9961_7D2-70 The future face of Christchurch? Cultivate Christchurch is operating this urban farm in the city, about 5-10 minutes walk to Cathedral Square. Many of the buildings in this area were demolished after the earhquakes, and in the background is a new building on Kilmore Street.

20170509_6305_7D2-62 Remembrance (129/365)

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Today was the first time I have been to the earthquake memorial since it was completed and opened on 22nd February 2017, six years after the devastating quake that killed the 185 that are named on this wall. I knew two of the people on the list.