Christchurch Arts Centre

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For Best View Press"L" All 23 Arts Centre heritage buildings received significant damage in the earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks, and all have been issued with a red “Unsafe” placard. As a result of the magnitude of this damage, the Arts Centre Trust Board— the body charged with ensuring this iconic precinct is preserved and pr...

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Two cranes in front of the Arts Centre. The conical top of a tower at the Arts Centre was removed to prevent further damage.

The Arts Centre of Christchurch - Dreaming Spires

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This winter-eve is warm, Humid the air! leafless, yet soft as spring, The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires, She needs not June for beauty's heightening, Lovely all times she lies, lovely to-night!— From "Thyrsis: A Monody" by Matthew Arnold 1822–1888

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Damage inside the Arts Centre.

Ruth Gardner's Blog 06/10/2011: Absent from the Arts Centre

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An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 October 2011 entitled, "Absent from the Arts Centre".

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A damaged building inside the Arts Centre.

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Damage to a building in the Arts Centre.

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Damage to a building in the Arts Centre.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken …

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Worcester & Montreal Street, Christch…

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Photo of the Arts Centre Building on Worcester & Montreal Street, Christchurch taken by Marcus Langman, 10 March 2011.

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Workers working on a crane in front of the Arts Centre.

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College of Arts staff are being housed in the Macmillan Brown Centre.

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Looking over the front of the Christchurch Art Gallery, with the Arts Centre in the background.

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett, 2011:02:23 05:12:21

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett, 2011:02:23 05:11:26

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

Christchurch Press Image: David Hallett, 2011:02:23 05:12:22

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch Earthquake. Building being demolished on Worcester Boulevard near the Arts Centre".

Tourists forced to stay in marae, arts centre in Wellington

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Hundreds of tourists have spent the night in makeshift accommodation in Wellington after fleeing earthquake hit Christchurch. The tourists were flown to the capital by the Royal New Zealand Airforce, many without passports, money and belongings left behind in hotels.

Insurance cancelled for landmark Chch buildings

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Insurance cover has been cancelled for Christchurch's historic Arts Centre and its Catholic Cathedral which were both badly damaged in the February earthquake.

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Workers working on a crane in front of the Arts Centre. Road cones have been placed around the area to divert the traffic.

Waikato Times Image: Chris Hillock 2011:02:25 14:04:31

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Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Army presence in Worcester Street, near the Arts Centre. Troopers from the 1st Battalion, on duty at a cordon".

Fairfax Video, April 2011 (1)

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Aerial footage of the Christchurch central city, taken in April 2011, several months after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The video shows damage to the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Manchester Street, the Press building, the Octagon Live restaurant, St Elmo Courts, Cashel Mall, the Regent Theatre, the Arts Centre, Woolsack Lane, and the Farmers Building car park. It also shows USAR members meeting in Cathedral Square.

Court Theatre set to reopen in a shed in Addington

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In Christchurch the Court Theatre is about to reopen, more than nine months after the earthquake ruined its inner city premises. The country's most successful professional theatre, which used to be in the 19th century gothic style Arts Centre, has moved to a shed in the suburbs.

Think Differently Book Exchange Photograph 1

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A photograph of the opening of the Think Differently Book Exchange. In the centre of the photograph, two people are browsing the books in the fridge, and to the left people are sitting at a picnic table reading.