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The "I hope Christchurch will..." blackboard on the corner of Tuam and Colombo Streets. Members of the public are invited to fill in the gaps with what they would like to see in the rebuilt city. Messages can be seen, such as, "Bring back cruising" and "Be filled with chocolate!".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 20 (18)

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The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. A poem by Matsuo Basho has been hand-written and displayed on a bamboo wall. Below is a bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho and a garden with corrugated iron flowers.

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A bench dedicated to Japanese poet Matsuo Basho at "The Poet Tree", a Japanese-inspired poetry project on the corner of Liverpool and Cashel Streets. "Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694" has been painted on the bench.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (61)

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The empty site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, now demolished. Wire fencing surrounds the property. This is where the Pallet Pavilion is to be built. In the background, the Crowne Plaza can be seen.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 15 (65)

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Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, meeting the members of Greening the Rubble at the site of the "Dance-O-Mat" on Oxford Terrace.

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The "As Far as Eye Can See" artwork on display in a window of The Colombo shopping centre, viewed from Colombo Street.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 7 (18)

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Members of the public exchange books at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. People were asked to bring along books that changed their life in some way.

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Members of the public exchange books at the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. People were asked to bring along books that changed their life in some way.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (7)

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A teacher talks to a group of students from Rangi Ruru on the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

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Volunteers photographed around one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. The piano has been set up at the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A wooden structure has been built around the piano with Perspex and corrugated iron on top and plastic sheeting to the left and right. This is to protect the piano and pianist from wind and rain.

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Volunteers setting up one of the painted pianos on the site of a demolished building. The piano has a Perspex and corrugated iron roof over it.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (14)

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Volunteers photographed with one of Gap Filler's painted pianos. The piano has been set up at the demolished site of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. In the background, Gap Filler's Pallet Pavilion can be seen. The back of the piano has been covered by plastic sheeting with a picture of a dog. A wooden structure has also been built around the piano with Perspex and corrugated iron on top and plastic sheeting to the left and right. This is to protect the piano and pianist from wind and rain.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 13 (6)

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A garden in Sydenham created by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch which aims to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings. To the left, the 10 square metre office building can just be seen as well as a mural in the background.

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The partially demolished Crown Plaza Hotel on the corner of Durham and Kilmore Streets. A crowd of people can be seen out front, watching a long-reach excavator demolishing the building.

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The partially constructed Pallet Pavilion on the site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel. Concrete slabs have been laid on the ground and a stack of painted pallets can be seen in the background.

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Two men and a crane laying slabs of concrete on the site of the Pallet Pavilion. These will serve as a floor for the structure.

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Two men and a crane laying slabs of concrete on the site of the Pallet Pavilion. These will serve as a floor for the structure.

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The site of the demolished Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Durham and Kilmore Streets. The construction of the Pallet Pavilion is underway.

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Volunteers in hard hats and high-visibility vests, lifting a pallet up to place on steel rods during the construction of the Pallet Pavilion.

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Pallets being stacked to form the walls of the Pallet Pavillion. Steel rods have been put in place to join the pallets together.

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Pallets being stacked to form the walls of the Pallet Pavillion. Steel rods have been put in place to join the pallets together.

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Volunteers in hard hats and high-visibility vests, lifting a pallet up to place on steel rods during the construction of the Pallet Pavilion.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (26)

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A volunteer on top of one of the Pallet Pavilion walls during construction. Scaffolding has been constructed around the wall out of wood.

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A volunteer on top of one of the Pallet Pavilion walls during construction. Scaffolding has been constructed around the wall out of wood.

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A sign made out of plastic cups on wire fencing. The sign reads, "bowling". It was created by students from the CPIT who built a 1950s style bowling alley on this site.

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Members of the public bowl on the CPIT students' 1950s bowling alley in town.ing

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (86)

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Volunteers in hard hats and high-visibility vests, lifting a pallet up to place on steel rods during the construction of the Pallet Pavilion.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 11 (26)

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A sign on one of Gap Filler's painted pianos in New Brighton. The sign reads, "The Painted Piano Project. This piano has been donated by the Christchurch School of Music and painted by students from the University of Canterbury. Please feel free to play the piano to you heart's content".

Photograph of Gap Filler project 22 (20)

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A volunteer in a hard hat and high-visibility vest, hammering steel rods into the concrete base of the Pallet Pavilion.

Photograph of Gap Filler project 15 (47)

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A digitally altered photograph of a child next to the "Dance-O-Mat" washing machine. The washing machine is coin operated. When a two dollar coin is fed in, it lights up the "Dance-O-Mat" and plays a plugged-in music device.