10.09.10. Quake building inspectors, Papanui Seafoods, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake notice, Papanui Seafoods, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
Papanui Rd: Papanui Seafoods door, hand-written sign:
WE WILL BE
CLOSED UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE
DUE TO
EARTHQUAKE
DAMAGE
TINA & EDWARD & FAMILY
10.09.10. X NO X NO Quake damaged Egyptian Kebab House & Go Nappies, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake tilted, unstable brick wall, Go Nappies, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake cracked brick wall, Go Nappies, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Brick wall pulling away from useless quake reinforcement, Go Nappies, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake damaged brick wall, Go Nappies, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake damaged Egyptian Kebab House, soon demolished, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
DOWN BUT NOT OUT sign on the steel-mesh-fence-cordon after Egyptian Kebab House was demolished. Egyptian Kebab House would relocate down Papanui Rd close to Subway.
I felt creepy coolpixing the old, brick-building on Papanui Rd / Harewood Rd / Main Nth Rd fork, as busy traffic rumbled close by. The building's brick-parapet was cracked, about to topple. Building was cordoned with white-plastic-tape, orange-plastic-road-cones. Building was red-stickered, green DANGER was spray-painted on the footpath. USAR / TF had spray-painted NO on windows. I never felt aftershocks while walking or driving around Christchurch. Should an unstable building collapse, the first thing I'd know would be falling bricks. I only felt quakes when stationary.
Papanui Rd / Harewood Rd / Main Nth Rd fork: Corner building would stand empty, hazardous, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned for months, obstructing busy traffic.
10.09.10. Quake damaged brick bldg, parapet soon demolished, Harewood Rd / Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake cracked brick parapet, soon demolished, Harewood Rd / Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. DANGER unstable quake damaged bldg, Harewood Rd / Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged shop, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged shop door, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. WE ARE STILL OPEN sign by red stickered, quake damaged shop, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Two Main Nth Rd shops' signs:
WE ARE STILL
OPEN AT
268 WAIRAKEI RD...
COPYCAT temporarily
moved to 482a Papanui Rd
(next to Dowsons Shoes)
Ph...
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged pet shop, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged Maharaja Indian Restaurant, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Authentic Indian Cuisine & Copycat business signs, quake damaged bldg, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake cracked bldg, despite quake reinforcement, Harewood / Main Nth Rd, yellow, plastic, tape cordoned, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Three months post 4 September 2010 quake the red-stickered building would still be fenced, empty, businesses closed or relocated. Despite thousands of vehicles passing post-quake, the building still looked the same as when I'd coolpixed it weeks before. Five months post-quake, ditto. The building would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake. Why did authorities take so long to demolish hazardous bldgs?
10.09.10. Building inspectors' NO & red sticker on quake damaged shop, Harewood Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged Signplus, Harewood Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged shop, Harewood Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Red-stickered building stayed in limbo, no business happening, no people inside, plastic-taped or steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Other buildings showed signs of clean-ups, quick repairs. Some repairs were temporary, like wooden / steel-bracing against aftershocks. In places, Christchurch underwent rapid change: post-quake clean-ups, repairs, demolitions, rebuilding.
10.09.10. Hi-Vis vested bldg inspectors checking quake cracked, outside brick wall, yellow, plastic, tape cordoned, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake cracked, outside brick wall, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake cracked, inside brick wall, ready for re-plastering, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
Papanui Rd: I watched three building-inspectors, wearing orange or yellow, Hi-Vis vests, hard-hats, quickly check a shops' cracked, brick-wall, by a carpark. After they left I asked a workman if I could snap the inside-wall of the shop. It was cracked right through. He re-plastered the wall, so business could continue. The first of many shoddy repairs I'd see.
Papanui Rd / Wyndham St: White-plastic-tape-cordoned Haralds, brick-rubble on footpath, fallen from a brick-wall, white-tarped. Wall spray-painted sign:
R
E
G SHOP
N OPEN!
A
D
Despite aftershock dangers, business-owners were gung-ho about business-restarts asap. Inspectors condoned business-restarts in old brick- buildings.
10.09.10. DANGER. SHOP OPEN! Quake damaged Haralds, cleaned up, Wyndham St / Papanui Rd, white, plastic, tape cordoned, State of Emergency. Haralds would be demolished & rebuilt
Papanui Rd, Mansfield Ave: Damaged buildings: green-tarped house; red-tarped Kudos, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned; House of Travel, steel- mesh-fence-cordoned. Workmen in orange, Hi-Vis vests repaired damaged roads, buildings, chucking brick-rubble into a yellow-skip, cordoned by POLICE-white-plastic-tape, orange-plastic-road-cones.
10.09.10. Quake damaged gate post lamp, Mansfield Ave, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake tilted wall, temp stabilized with plank against power pole, Mansfield Ave, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake damaged roof with green tarp, Mansfield Ave, state of emergency
10.09.10. Workmen repairing quake damaged Mansfield Ave, state of emergency
10.09.10. Hi-Vis vested workman drinking beside a skip full of quake rubble, white, plastic, tape cordoned, POLICE EMERGENCY, Mansfield Ave, state of emergency
10.09.10. Hi-Vis vested workman sweeping red tarp on Kudos quake damaged roof, Mansfield Ave / Papanui Rd, white, plastic taped, steel mesh fence cordoned, state of emergency. Kudos would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake damaged House of Travel, cleaned up & steel mesh fence cordoned before workmen erected scaffolding for repairs, Papanui Rd / Aikmans Rd, state of emergency. After repairs, House of Travel would move across Papanui Rd & Quinns moved in.
From Cranmer Sq, I again trekked Christchurch CBD's shrinking State-of-Emergency-cordon, similar to the cordon I'd trekked two days before from Cathedral Sq along Colombo St, left into St Asaph St, left into Madras St, but along Madras St the cordon had shrunk left into Lichfield St.
I trekked Manchester St & High St for the first time since 4 September 2010 quake a week before. Citizens retook Christchurch CBD from occupying military: more people walking streets like Cashel St & Cathedral Sq, more road traffic.
Besides occupying military, the CBD was occupied by building-inspectors, workmen, CD, cops wearing Hi-Vis vests or jackets, as well as giant, crane-trucks, yellow, silver, white, red. Drab building colours of pre-quake Christchurch had morphed to vibrant DANGER, POLICE, repair, rebuild colours.
Steel-mesh-fence-cordons were ubiquitous in the CBD, including DANGER-taped & POLICE EMERGENCY plastic-taped-buildings, festooned with red, yellow, green or white inspection-stickers. During the State-of-Emergency, Christchurch became a police-state: repetitive-cordons, NZDF-guards, warnings, bannings along CBD streets.
Armagh St: Blue-crane lowered a workmen in a box above Windsor Hotel roof. House brick-wall, wood-braced against collapse.
10.09.10. Workmen repairing quake damaged roof, Windsor Hotel, Armagh St, Cranmer Sq, state of emergency. Windsor Hotel would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Unstable brick house wall, wood braced against aftershocks, Armagh St, state of emergency
Durham St Sth: Two orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen erected scaffolding on Provincial Chambers stone-wall.
10.09.10. Quake damaged Provincial Chambers, scaffolded for repairs, Durham St Nth / Gloucester St, state of emergency. 5 months post quake, scaffolding still stood, but no repairs done. Provincial Chambers would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake, then awaited repairs for years. 2021.
Worcester Blvd: Our City, brick-gable toppled. White-plastic-tape, orange-plastic-road-cone-cordoned. Our City would be abandoned, steel- braced, cordoned for years. 2021. Our City repairs would begin.
10.09.10. Quake damaged, brick gable, Our City, white, plastic, tape cordoned, Worcester Blvd / Oxford Tce, state of emergency. Our City would await repairs post 2010-2011 quakes. 2021. Our City repairs would begin
10.09.10. Quake damaged, brick Our City, white, plastic, tape cordoned, Worcester Blvd / Oxford Tce, state of emergency. Our City would await repairs post 2010-2011 quakes. 2021. Our City repairs would begin
Cathedral Sq: Clarendon Tower: Two abseilers roped to the glass-facade, checked windows. Open-air, chess-players back. Chancery Ln building, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, boarded-windows. Titan yellow-crane left Warners Hotel. The Press front-door, green-stickered.
10.09.10. Abseiling workmen checking every tile on Clarendon Tower wall for quake loosening, Cathedral Sq / Oxford Tce, state of emergency. Clarendon Tower would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake & 23.12.11 quake swarm
10.09.10. Cathedral Sq tram, first day back in service post quake, waiting for passengers, state of emergency. Christ Church Cathedral tower would collapse in the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake. The rose window, W facade would collapse in the 13.06.11 Quake. In Nov 2011 the Cathedral would be deconsecrated for part demolition. Christ Church Cathedral tower would be part demolished in 2012, post 23.12.11 Xmas Quake Swarm damage
A tram awaited passengers in Cathedral Sq for the first time post-quake. No passengers, but the driver drove the tram circuit, trying normality, despite the State-of-Emergency-cordon. I was tired of seeing Christchurch CBD occupied by cops, NZDF soldiers, CD.
10.09.10. Quake fenced bldg, Chancery Ln, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Chess players back in Cathedral Sq, despite state of emergency cordon one block away. On quake morning, the M7.1 quake set the cathedral bells ringing. Christ Church Cathedral tower would collapse in the M6.3, 22.02.11 Killer Quake. The rose window facade would collapse in the 13.06.11 quake. In November 2011 the cathedral would be deconsecrated for part demolition. Christ Church Cathedral tower would be part demolished in 2012, post 23.12.11 Xmas Quake swarm damage
Christ Church Cathedral was closed for days post-quake for checking. It survived the quake due to steel-rod-reinforcement. If the animated TV sketch of the cathedral was true, then the cathedral twisted & shook during the quake, but held together due to the steel-rods, but would soon need more reinforcement.
After Boxing Day Quakes, scaffolding would be erected inside & outside Christ Church Cathedral for stained-glass-window checking.
The 4 September 2010 quake rang Christ Church Cathedral bells. Christ Church Cathedral tower would collapse in the 22 February 2011 quake. The 13 June 2011 quake would collapse the rose-window, western facade. November 2011, the Cathedral would be deconsecrated for part-demolition. 23 December 2011, Xmas Quake Swarm: more damage to the Cathedral. 2012. The Cathedral tower would be part-demolished.
10.09.10 Yellow, Titan crane truck before Warners Hotel, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. Warners Hotel would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. Novotel behind survived the 2011 quakes, one of the first CBD hotels restored & opened for business
Cranes & repair-vehicles riddled Christchurch CBD, in addition to workmen, CD, State-of-Emergency military-personnel.
10.09.10. Yellow, Titan crane truck preparing to leave Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, all bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Yellow, Titan crane truck before Cathedral Sq hotels, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, all bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. The Press, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. The Press would be trashed by the 22.02.11 Killer Quake & demolished. An employee would be killed by the 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. The Press, green stickered door, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. After Boxing Day aftershocks, The Press door would be red stickered. The Press bldg would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. An employee would be killed by the 22.02.11 quake. Who would allow staff into a hazardous, red stickered bldg?
10.09.10. Cop, sailor & NZDF soldiers, state of emergency, white, plastic tape cordon, POLICE EMERGENCY, behind Christ Church Cathedral, Cathedral Sq / Worcester St
Worcester St: Cathedral Junction, white-plastic-tape-cordon, guarded by one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, four NZDF soldiers, one NZDF sailor. NZDF sailors had joined cordon soldiers to ban citizens. One olive military-vehicle drove around Cathedral Sq.
10.09.10. Yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, Cathedral Junction, Worcester St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. NZDF soldier, Cathedral Junction, Worcester St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. NZDF soldier at Cathedral Junction directing rubberneckers away from Manchester St, state of emergency cordon, Worcester St. See quake rubble behind trailer
10.09.10. NZDF soldier, sailor, cop, Cathedral Sq / Worcester St, state of emergency cordon
Sailors looked smart, like NZDF soldiers from Burnham camp, more impressive than paunchy CD volunteers at State-of-Emergency-cordons.
10.09.10. Olive, military vehicle, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency
10.09.10. Cathedral Sq, S view, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
Colombo St: Livening up, more rubberneckers. Buses going again. During the first few days post-quake, buses hadn't run. Colombo St was jammed by cars, buses.
Colombo St / Cashel St, The Crossing : White-plastic-tape-cordon, guarded by one cop car, one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, four NZDF soldiers, one NZDF sailor chatting to rubberneckers. Citizens banned.
10.09.10. Sailor & rubbernecker, Colombo St / High St junction, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon, POLICE EMERGENCY. Hotel Grand Chancellor left, would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. Holiday Inn middle would be demolished in 2012. KFC right would be demolished post 23.12.11 quake swarm
10.09.10. Yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop directing pedestrians at The Crossing, Colombo St / Cashel St crossing, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. The Crossing bldg & sky bridge would survive the 2011 quakes
10.09.10. NZDF soldiers, old lady, cop car, The Crossing, Colombo St / Cashel St, E view, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Colombo St traffic, The Crossing, N view, state of emergency cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09. N view, Colombo St, The Crossing to McDonald's, busy traffic, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake stressed people, NZDF soldiers, The Crossing, Cashel St / Colombo St crossing, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Colombo St, The Crossing, W view, Cashel Mall to Oxford Tce, state of emergency. Cashel Mall bldgs would be damaged by the Boxing Day quake & bldgs would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake. Most bldgs would be demolished. Ballantynes left survived the 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Pedestrians, cop, NZDF soldiers, The Crossing, Colombo St / Cashel St crossing, N view, state of emergency cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake damaged, brick bldg, Colombo St, state of emergency
Colombo St / Lichfield St: White-plastic-tape-cordon, guarded by one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, one NZDF soldier, one NZDF sailor. Citizens banned. Cracked brick-parapets on looming buildings.
10.09.10. Sailor, NZDF soldier, cop & old man, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon, Colombo St / Lichfield St. Post 2011 quakes, the bldg would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake damaged roof, despite reinforcement, Colombo St, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, the bldg would be demolished
Colombo St / Tuam St: White-plastic-tape; orange-plastic-road-cone-cordon, guarded by one olive military-vehicle, one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, 1 NZDF soldier. Citizens banned.
10.09.10. Yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, NZDF soldier & parked, olive military vehicle by Bean Bags & Beyond, Tuam St / Colombo St, state of emergency, white plastic tape cordon. Bean Bags & beyond would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Deserted Tuam St / Colombo St, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. Post 2011 quakes, all bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Red stickered Theme Basics, St Asaph St / Manchester St, state of emergency, steel fence cordon. Pillar holes were caused by ripped off awning rods. Theme Basics would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
St Asaph St / Manchester St: White-plastic-tape; orange-plastic-road-cones; steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by one ROAD CLOSED sign, one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, two NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned. Trashed brick-buildings, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. One brick-building being demolished. Theme Basics, red-stickered. Brick-rubble gone. Brick-parapets gone. Holes in brick-facade where awning rods fell.
10.09.10. ROAD CLOSED. Deserted Manchester St, N view from St Asaph St crossing, state of emergency cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Part demolished Manchester St bldg, NE view from St Asaph St crossing, state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon & white / orange, plastic bollards. The demolition site would become a carpark. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished. Alice in Videoland, creamy bldg behind right, would survive the 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Quake damaged bldgs, Manchester St south view, seen from St Asaph St / Manchester St crossing, state of emergency, steel fence & white, plastic, tape cordon. The bldgs would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. NZDF soldier, Manchester St / St Asaph St, state of emergency, orange, plastic, road coned, white, plastic, tape cordon. The drawing room would survive the 2010-2011 quakes
10.09.10. NZDF soldier eating lunch, Manchester St / St Asaph St crossing, N view, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. Part demolished bldg behind. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
Cordoned-sections on Manchester St I'd just trekked would be opened within an hour. Later that afternoon, when I returned from High St side, Manchester St was retaken by pedestrians & traffic, despite demolition going on in Manchester St & fenced, unstable-buildings. I wasn't the only curious citizen tired of officious cops & NZDF soldiers.
10.09.10. St Asaph St view, digger demolishing a Manchester St bldg, state of emergency. The demolition site would become a carpark. Odeon Theatre flies behind. Post 2011 quakes, all bdgs in the pic would be demolished
10.09.10. Sapling damage, Theme Basics toppled parapet, with useless quake reinforcement, St Asaph St, state of emergency, steel fence cordon
10.09.10. Maori Man who lived in Christchurch CBD during the Sept quake & aftershocks, St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. McKenzie Willis left would be demolished post 2010-2011 quakes
St Asaph St: Cracked brick-buildings. A Maori man & I agreed the safest place for us during the early morning quake & aftershocks was in bed with our wives. He said during the first two hours of aftershocks his bed shimmied around his bedroom, taking him & his wife for a ride.
10.09.10. Quake damaged brick bldg, St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged brick wall, St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. Later aftershocks collapsed the wall above the window. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged McKenzie Willis bldg, St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. McKenzie Willis would be demolished post 2011-2011 quakes
St Asaph St / High St / Madras St: Orange / white-plastic-bollards; orange-plastic-road-cone-cordon, guarded by one Hi-Vis jacketed cop, two NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned.
10.09.10. St Asaph St / Madras St, state of emergency cordon by Christchurch Polytech. The cnr bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake, becoming a carpark
10.09.10. NZDF soldiers & cop guarding deserted High St, state of emergency, white / orange, plastic bollard cordon. Seen from St Asaph St / Madras St crossing
10.09.10. Orange, plastic, road cones. Shipping containers & white / orange, plastic bollards protecting traffic & pedestrians against aftershock collapse of Nurse Maude bldg, Madras St, state of emergency cordon. Nurse Maude would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. The rest of the bldgs would be demolished too, for CERA's Blueprint E Frame
While I typed a caption, ANOTHER aftershock jolted our house, jiggled my computer-screen, shook my chair, (M5, GeoNet). Over five weeks post 4 September 2010 quake, we'd averaged one aftershock every half-hour, some felt, most not.
Madras St / Tuam St: White-plastic-tape-cordon, guarded by one yellow, Hi-Vis jacketed cop, two NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned. Mobil garage closed, petrol-pumps yellow-plastic-tape-cordoned. White-crane hoisted two workmen in a crane-box to inspect a Tuam St, three-storey building.
10.09.10. Mobil petrol pumps, yellow, plastic, danger taped, Madras St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Rubberneckers, yellow Hi-Vis jacketed cop & NZDF soldiers, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon, Madras St / Tuam St crossing
10.09.10. White crane hoisting workmen in a crane box to inspect a bldg, Tuam St. The bldgs would be demolished post 2011 quakes
Lichfield St / Poplar St: Brick-facade peeled off top of multi-storey, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Car crushed by fallen-rubble. Brick- rubble pile on footpath. Opposite building, green-stickered & yellow-stickered, confusing. Broken-windows, black-taped. Two boys on bikes rode over broken-glass on the footpath. Orange, Hi-Vis jacketed workman kicked brick-debris onto the road for a sweeper-truck to sweep up. Several Lichfield St, brick-buildings, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned.
10.09.10. Lichfield St state of emergency cordon view, undamaged Poplar St. Lichfield St quake damaged bldg toppled bricks onto a car. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged bldg facade, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Close up, quake damaged bldg, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Undamaged doors, brick rubble, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Side of quake crushed car, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Back of quake crushed car, Lichfield St, state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
10.09.10. Open, green stickered door, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Quake broken, taped windows, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Yellow stickered door, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis jacketed workman kicking brick rubble by a green stickered bldg, for a white, sweeper truck to sweep quake debris, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Sweeper truck sweeping quake debris, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Boys cycling over broken window glass, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
10.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged, cleaned up Rod Hair Textiles, Lichfield St, state of emergency cordon
High St: Several brick-buildings, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. VOTE BOB, Council election-sign on a building. Bob Parker, current mayor.
10.09.10. Quake damaged bldgs, High St, steel mesh fence cordoned, state of emergency
10.09.10. VOTE BOB Council election sign, High St, state of emergency. Bob Parker, current mayor
Five weeks post 4 September 2010, M7.1 quake, Bob Parker would be re-elected mayor. Bob loved photo-ops. Contender, little Jim Anderton announced pre-quake he could easily be MP & mayor simultaneously. The quake struck. Little Jim changed his mind.
10.09.10. Traffic returning to High St & Lichfield St after lifting of the state of emergency cordon. Domed cnr bldg, ANZ Chambers would collapse in the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & would be demolished
10.09.10. State of emergency cordon loosening in Manchester St. No traffic yet, but quake damaged bldgs from Struthers Ln to Tuam St & St Asaph St crossings. Port Hills backdrop. The bldgs. would be demolished post 2011 quakes
Sections of Manchester St I'd trekked were cordoned an hour ago, when I'd trekked past St Asaph St / Manchester St cordon, & further up Manchester St towards Port Hills.
Manchester St between Tuam St & Struthers Ln: Brick-facade peeled off part of a three-storey, showing "dolls-house" rooms. Trashed, red-stickered, USAR-graffitied, three-storey, brick-ghost, included Peaches & Cream, Chocolateria, Portrait Studio, Smith's Book Shop, Bracken Antiques, Chaos Collectables, awnings collapsed, white / orange-plastic-bollard-cordoned.
10.09.10. FOOTPATH CLOSED. White / orange, plastic bollard cordon. Barbers pole & quake damage, Struthers Ln / Manchester St, state of emergency. The bldgs would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon, Manchester St / Struthers Ln, state of emergency. The cnr bldgs would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. White / orange, plastic bollard cordon. N view, Manchester St from Struthers Ln, state of emergency. Most bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Quake damaged bldg, Manchester St / Struthers Ln, state of emergency. A car was crushed in Manchester St by the fallen wall. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered Chaos Collectables, Manchester St / Struthers Ln, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered quake damaged shop, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
For the second time that day, traffic rumbled past while I snapped unstable buildings. I got the creeps again. I thought if an aftershock toppled bricks, I'd make Usain Bolt look slow. An olive military-vehicle rumbled by while I snapped. A cop eyed me on the opposite side of Manchester St, while I shuffled over brick-dust (never mind asbestosis, silicosis hazards) coolpixing the old, brick three-storey, Manchester St facade. I rounded the corner, coolpixed Taum St facade too. Like Theme Basics, "rip off" awning-rods left holes in the brick-facade.
Two or three-storey, old, brick buildings, with ground-floor shops, were often trashed. In damaged, brick-buildings, brittle-bricks, mortar were flung about, but flexible woodwork often stayed intact, like roofing, floors, furniture, window-frames, doors. Christchurch-CBD was full of unreinforced, stone-buildings & unreinforced, brick-buildings. We didn't know then, aftershocks would weaken buildings for collapse.
10.09.10. Quake damaged HOT SPOT long past its use by date, Manchester St, state of emergency. 2-3 storey, old, brick bldgs, with ground floor shops were often quake trashed. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. DANGER red stickered, Bracken Antiques, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged facade above Bracken Antiques, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged Smith's Book Shop & Bracken Antiques, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. After The Tannery was restored at Woolston, Smith's Book Shop relocated to The Tannery
10.09.10. Olive military vehicle, Manchester St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Red stickered, quake damaged Smith's Book Shop, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. After The Tannery was restored at Woolston, Smith's Book Shop relocated to The Tannery
10.09.10. Quake damaged Smith's Book Shop facade, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. After The Tannery was restored at Woolston, Smith's Book Shop relocated to The Tannery
10.09.10. Quake damaged Portrait Studio, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged facade above Portrait Studio, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged shops, Manchester St / Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
19.09.10. Red stickered shops, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered shop, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Red stickered Chocolateria, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged facade above shops, Manchester St, state of emergency. Wall hole was caused by an awning rod ripped off the wall. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. DANGER Peaches & Cream adult shop, Manchester St, state of emergency. Post quake, Peaches & Cream would relocate further up Manchester St Red Light strip. By 2017 Peaches & Cream had relocated to Colombo St opp South City. Spray-painted USAR / TF graffiti on windows, walls & pavements was found all over town. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quakes
10.09.10. Red stickered Peaches & Cream, Manchester St / Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged facade, Peaches & Cream, Manchester St / Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. White, plastic tape, orange / white, plastic bollard cordon. Tuam St cnr, N view, quake damaged Manchester St, state of emergency. Most bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Manchester St cnr, W view, quake damaged Tuam St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Peaches & Cream display window glass broken by quake, Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Peaches & Cream display window glass unbroken by quake, Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. DANGER Peaches & Cream display window glass unbroken by quake, Tuam St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Green stickered, Real Groovy, by Peaches & Cream, Tuam St, state of emergency
10.09.10. NZDF soldiers guard Manchester St / Tuam St, E view, while crane hoists workmen above quake damaged bldg, Tuam St, state of emergency cordon. Most of the bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Steel mesh fence, orange / white, plastic bollard cordon. Digger demolishing a quake damaged bldg, Manchester St, state of emergency. Demolition site would become a carpark
10.09.10. Quake damaged, cleaned up, Theme Basics, Manchester St / St Asaph St, steel fence cordoned, state of emergency. Pillar holes, caused by ripped off awning rods. Theme Basics would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake
Old awnings above footpaths were a menace, as many old awnings collapsed during the quake, damaging old brick-buildings, messing footpaths with debris.
10.09.10. Quake broken window panes, Te Wanaga O Aotearoa, Manchester St / High St, state of emergency. Broken windows were soon boarded up. The bldg survived the 2010-2013 quakes & would be refurbished as The Muse Art Hotel
High St building, Rugby World Cup 2011 advertisement:
you gotta be here
Christchurch!
ENGLAND V ARGENTINA...
10.09.10. State of emergency Rugby WC 2011 ad on High St bldg undamaged by the quake. Wishful thinking, as later quakes caused Christchurch Rugby WC venues to be moved elsewhere
10.09.10. Quake damaged Manchester Courts (soon demolished) Manchester St, state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
Manchester St: Manchester Courts multi-storey, several nearby buildings were steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Manchester Courts, a heritage building, 104 years old, brick, seven-storeys, was twisted by the quake. It caused Manchester St to be cordoned for weeks, with traffic jams. Nearby businesses like Rockshop suffered losses. Kiwi thinking was slow, while heritage versus demolition arguments raged.
18 October 2010. Heritage hailers with placards would protest outside the new Council offices, Worcester Blvd:
PLEASE
RECONSIDER THE
DEMOLITION
OF MANCHESTER
COURTS
DON'T DEMOLISH
THIS PIECE OF
NZ HISTORY
Manchester Courts was already history, as the decision was made by Council & the owner to demolish. $10 million needed for repairs, reinforcement of Manchester Courts was crazy money. (The Press). Heritage protests would carry on for years. Never mind financial, human costs.
10.09.10. $3.00 DRINKS + FREE PIZZA, & quake broken window panes, Manchester St / Gloucester St, state of emergency. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Orange Hi-Vis vested, building inspectors & Boogie Nights, confusing red AND yellow stickers, Manchester St, state of emergency. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Earthquake Commission (EQC) made excuses about aftershocks causing already inspected buildings needing re-inspection. Excuses by EQC would continue for years, causing hardship for those dealing with EQC. Although EQC was the NZ government agency set up decades before to to deal with earthquake claims, EQC would prove to be inept with 1000s of shoddy repairs to damaged-homes.
10.09.10. Quake broken The Grumpy Mole bar sign, Manchester St, state of emergency. Same sign round the corner was undamaged. 5 months post quake the damaged sign was still unrepaired. The bldg would be demolished post 2011 quakes
Cashel St, High St: NZDF soldiers left the cordon. Rubberneckers wandered.
10.09.10. NZDF soldiers leaving High St cordon, High St / Cashel St crossing, west view, state of emergency. Most bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Workman on crane box welding the top of a quake damaged bldg, High St, state of emergency, orange, plastic fence & steel fence cordon. The bldgs would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
High St: Workmen in a crane-box welded steel over the parapet of a brick four-storey to secure unstable-bricks. Two NZDF soldiers left the CBD-cordon. Lifting the High St State-of-Emergency-cordon was an uncoordinated cock-up: steel-mesh-fence-cordon in place at High St / Colombo St / Hereford St crossing, cops / NZDF soldiers stopping citizens entering (I trekked down High St from behind. Was scowled at by one cop & three NZDF soldiers) yet the cordon was already lifted behind them at High St / Cashel St crossing, citizens wandering Cashel St & High St, rubbernecking high-rises.
High St / Cashel St crossing: People sat on benches looking skywards at Westpac multi-storey. On various floors, chunks of concrete had spalled off concrete-joins on Westpac, which would be evacuated for five months post-quake.
I watched a white, Smith-crane leaving Westpac via Cashel St. By nearby Holiday Inn, I watched NZDF soldiers six-point-turning their olive military-vehicle, also leaving the CBD-cordon. I watched three NZDF soldiers yomp High St, towards the orange, Nucleus, mobile-sculpture, leaving the CBD-cordon.
Westpac would be demolished post 2010-2011 quakes.
10.09.10. White, Smith crane truck leaving Westpac quake damaged bldg, Cashel St / High St crossing, end of state of emergency cordon. Westpac bldg was evacuated for 5 months post quake. Westpac bldg would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
10.09.10. Holiday Inn survived the quake, Cashel St / High St, state of emergency. Holiday Inn would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished in 2012
10.09.10. Steel fence cordon. Olive, military vehicle leaving High St / Cashel St cordon, SE view, leaving the streets to citizens & workmen, state of emergency. All bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Quake state of emergency, NZDF soldiers leaving S, via High St to Manchester St. All bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes. Tram lines & orange nucleus, mobile sculpture survived the quakes. Red, crane truck behind steel mesh fence cordon
10.09.10. NZDF soldiers, cop & bus, Hereford St / Colombo St, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. Citizens free to walk High St at last, after a week's CBD cordon
10.09.10. Hereford St / Colombo St, S view, state of emergency, white, plastic, tape cordon. Flour Power statue by High St middle. Most bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes. The Flour Power Statue would survive the quakes
Cathedral Sq: Six Vagrants loafed below a tree near public-toilets. Six orange, Hi-Vis vested, CD volunteers crossed Cathedral Sq going to CD HQ / Christchurch Art Gallery. Starbucks, opposite Christ Church Cathedral, open for business.
10.09.10. Vagrants back on their Cathedral Sq beat, near public toilets middle, state of emergency. IBM bldg left would be demolished post 2011 quakes
10.09.10. Green stickered Starbucks open for business, Cathedral Sq, state of emergency. Christ Church Cathedral tower collapsed in the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake. The rose window facade collapsed in the 13.06.11 quake. In November 2011 the cathedral was deconsecrated for part demolition. Christ Church Cathedral tower would be part demolished in 2012, post 23.12.11 quake swarm
10.09.10. Orange Hi-Vis vested, CD volunteers crossing Cathedral Sq en route to CD HQ / Christchurch Art Gallery, Worcester Blvd, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, BNZ right would be part demolished, riddled with asbestos. Fully demolished 2018. Spark bldg built on site. Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel left, empty for years. The Chalice sculpture survived the 2010-2013 quakes
10.09.10. Quake damaged Southern Encounter / Regent Theatre, Cathedral Sq, quake state of emergency. The quake damaged parapet would be boarded after Boxing Day aftershocks. The dome would be removed post 22.02.11 quake & stood on the road for many months behind a red zone, steel mesh fence cordon. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Worcester Blvd: A workman, without safety harness nor Hi-Vis vest, on a ladder screamed at me when I snapped him fixing green-stickered, Harley ghost-windows. Green-stickered! His workmate, without Personal-Protection-Equipment (PPE) like hard hat, Hi-Vis vest, stacked rubble- bricks on the footpath. Post 22 February 2011 quake, Harley ghost would be abandoned for years. 2024. Harley still boarded, tagged eyesore, asbestos hazard.
10.09.10. Antarctic explorer Scott statue, undamaged by quake, Oxford Tce / Worcester Blvd, state of emergency. Scott statue would be toppled by the 22.02.11 quake. Central Police behind would be damaged by 2011 quakes & imploded 31.05.15. In 2012 Central Police would relocate to St Asaph St / Antigua St, until permanent premises were rebuilt on a Lichfield St - Tuam St block in 2015, aka CERA's Blueprint Justice & Emergency Services precinct
10.09.10. Glaziers repairing quake broken windows on green stickered Harley, Worcester Blvd / Cambridge Tce, state of emergency. The glazier, glazing without safety equipment, screamed at me while I took the pic. Harley survived the 2010-2013 quakes, but by 2021 would still be an empty eyesore
10.09.10. Workman stacking quake damaged chimney bricks, Worcester Blvd, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake damaged Christchurch City Council bldg, Worcester Blvd, state of emergency
New Council multi-storey was opened in August, weeks before the 4 September 2010 quake. Due to damage it was useless as a CD HQ, which occupied nearby Christchurch Art Gallery across Worcester Blvd. A Maori pou stood in front of the Council building.
10.09.10. Photo shoot, Christchurch Art Gallery / CD HQ, Montreal St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Fire Rescue HQ truck, Worcester Blvd / Montreal St, by Christchurch Art Gallery / CD HQ, state of emergency
10.09.10. Rural Fire vehicle, Montreal St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Montreal St view, Christchurch Art Gallery / CD HQ, state of emergency
Montreal St / Armagh St: A crane hoisted old & new cisterns out of / into three-storey, Cranmer Centre, gable-stones toppled, gables wood-braced. Building steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake.
10.09.10. Wood braced, brick gables, Cranmer Centre, Montreal St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workman & tools, by a steel mesh fence cordon & orange, plastic, road cones, Montreal St, nr Latimer Sq, state of emergency
10.09.10. CRANMER CENTRE CLOSED sign, Montreal St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Cranmer Centre door-sign:
CRANMER CENTRE
CLOSED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Contact Custodian...
10.09.10. Two gable stones toppled from Cranmer Centre, Montreal St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Two quake damaged, brick gables, Cranmer Centre, Montreal St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Crane removing cistern from quake damaged Cranmer Centre, Montreal St / Armagh St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Christchurch empty tram near Cranmer Centre, Armagh St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Crane hoisting a new cistern into quake damaged Cranmer Centre, Montreal St / Armagh St, state of emergency. Cranmer Centre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
I drove back to Burnside via Manchester St & Sherborne St, stopping en-route to coolpix damages.
Manchester St: Brick, garden-wall toppled, rubble on footpath, white-plastic-tape-cordoned. A Council building, yellow-stickered, red- plastic-tape-cordoned.
10.09.10. Quake toppled garden wall, soon demolished, & purple magnolia, Manchester St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Quake cracked Council bldg wall, Manchester St, state of emergency. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Yellow stickered Council bldg, Manchester St, state of emergency
Manchester St / Peterborough St: Quakemire heaps on cracked, tarsealed footpath. Pink, spray-painted DANGER NO GO on footpath outside a broken building.
10.09.10. Liquefaction damage to Peterborough St pavement, off Manchester St, state of emergency
10.09.10. DANGER NO GO, white, plastic, tape cordoned, quake damaged house, Peterborough St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake tilted, brick wall pulling away from a weatherboard house, Peterborough St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
10.09.10. Quake damaged brick wall, Peterborough St, state of emergency. 5 months post quake, rubble still not cleared. The house would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Manchester St / Kilmore St: St Lukes Anglican Church: Stone-gables toppled, red-tarped, yellow-plastic-tape-cordon. 2 orange, Hi-Vis jacketed workmen repaired a chimney-damaged, church-house.
Many old, stone-buildings, like Victorian-buildings & churches, were decorated with Oamaru-whitestone, contrasting with greystone from Halswell Quarry. In modern homes, Oamaru-whitestone was often used as brick-like cladding on wood & was also used for sculptures.
10.09.10. Quake damaged St Lukes Anglican Church, Manchester St, yellow, plastic, tape cordoned, state of emergency. St Lukes was trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
In quakes, Oamaru-whitestone snapped off gables & sheared off walls. Examples of Oamaru-whitestone damage: Cranmer Centre, Cranmer Sq; Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd; St Lukes Anglican Church, Manchester St; St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq; Music School, Barbadoes St; St John of God, Halswell; St Josephs Catholic Church, Main Nth Rd... Since the quake, on Rossall St I drove past a collapsed garden-wall, Oamaru-whitestone. God help Oamaru if a big quake hit!
10.09.10. Quake damaged St Lukes Anglican Church, fallen gable, red tarped, Manchester St, state of emergency. St Lukes would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The wooden bell tower survived the 2011-2013 quakes
10.09.10. Workmen preparing a quake damaged chimney hole for roofing, St Lukes Anglican Church house, Kilmore St, state of emergency
10.09.10. Whores' memorial bench, St Lukes Anglican Church, Manchester St, state of emergency
St Lukes footpath, whores' memorial, bench-plaque:
In memory of the women
who have worked, lived and died
on the streets of Christchurch
Sherborne St: Ghost-house, brick-side-wall peeled off, room exposed. Rubble in driveway.
10.09.10. Quake trashed house, Sherborne St, state of emergency.
Two-storey, ghost-house: Red-stickered, brick-rubble removed, but the upper-storey had massive holes both sides of the house. Steel reinforcement-rods useless. Brick-crushed, blue-car in driveway.
10.09.10. Quake trashed, 2 storey house, useless, steel rod, quake reinforcement, Sherborne St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake trashed porch on 2 storey house, useless, steel rod, quake reinforcement, Sherborne St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake trashed 2 storey house, useless, steel rod, quake reinforcement, Sherborne St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished
10.09.10. Side of quake trashed, 2 storey house, Sherborne St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished
10.09.10. Quake crushed, blue car, 2 storey house, Sherborne St, state of emergency. The house would be demolished
02.10.10. A month later, there would be more Christchurch City Council, red-stickers on the two-storey house:
"Do not approach or enter this building.
This building is dangerous under section 121 & 124 of the Building Act 2004.
Using or occupying this building is an offence pursuant to S128 of the Building Act 2004..."
The red-sticker was valid for 60 days, renewable by Christchurch City Council. The two-storey house would be demolished.
*Trekked Papanui Rd, Harewood Rd, Main Nth Rd, Mansfield Ave, Armagh St, Durham St Nth, Worcester Blvd, Cathedral Sq, Worcester St, Colombo St, St Asaph St, Madras St, Tuam St, Lichfield St, High St, Manchester St, Cashel St, Montreal St, Peterborough St, Sherborne St. 184 snaps.
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Day 7 Darfield quake. State-of-Emergency-cordon shrunk in the afternoon. Christchurch water no longer needs boiling. Kaiapoi water needs boiling. Madras St / Bealey Ave water-mains repaired couple of days ago, hole filled, tarsealing completed. Fish 'n Chips sign still on Barbadoes St / Armagh St footpath, debris cleared, business-as-usual, normality moot. 10 September 7.13pm.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
I've written a Wikipedia article on Warner's Hotel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner%27s_Hotel I've been looking for a photo that shows the completed Novotel and you've got one! Would you be happy to publish that photo with a licence suitable for Wikipedia? "Commons 2.0 Share Alike" is one of the licences that would work, and publishing the photo on Flickr would be an easy way to do so.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Schwede
Schwede's arrogant demand thought it entitled him to steal my Warner Hotel pic & stick it on Wikipedia without my permission. What a moron!
ReplyDeletePerhaps Schwede & his lackey should endanger their lives 1000s of times in earthquakes & aftershocks to know that such quake pics were hard won & not freely given.
Warners Hotel was demolished post 22.02.11 quake
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