After dropping Luke off at Naseby St, I parked at the end of Rugby St & saw damaged Merivale shopping area, Papanui Rd.
Papanui Rd / Rugby St: Chinese Methodist Church: rubble strewn around buildings & damaged steeple. Church van parked by the church- hall was crushed by fallen rubble. During the next 3 quake years I would see many crushed or damaged vehicles.
The Chinese Methodist Church would be more damaged by the 22 February 2011 quake. Post 13 June 2011 quake, the church-hall would be demolished & the church part-deconstructed stone by stone. The church would be completely demolished, July-August 2013, rebuilt, 2014-15.
06.09.10. Quake damaged house & back of the Chinese Methodist Church Hall, Rugby St. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Hall would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church Hall roof & vehicle, Rugby St. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Hall would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. The Church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake crushed Chinese Methodist Church vehicle, Rugby St. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Hall would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. The Church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake crushed Chinese Methodist Church vehicle, Rugby St. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Hall would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church, Rugby St / Papanui Rd. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd. More damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Steeple roof would be removed by crane & post 13.06.11 quake the church would be part deconstructed stone by stone. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church steeple, Papanui Rd. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Steeple roof would be removed by crane & post 13.06.11 quake, the church would be part deconstructed stone by stone. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake rubble by Chinese Methodist Church's 1894 foundation stone, Papanui Rd. Church was more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Post 13.06.11 quake the church would be part deconstructed stone by stone. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd. More damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Steeple roof would be removed by crane & post 13.06.11 quake the church would be part deconstructed stone by stone. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
06.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church & hall, Papanui Rd. More damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. Hall would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. The Church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be rebuilt 2014-15
Papanui Rd: Opp Merivale Mall, several 2 storey, brick shops, POLICE EMERGENCY tape cordoned, bricks strewn on pavement & between bldgs.
06.09.10. Quake damaged shops, Papanui Rd, Merivale. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake rubble between shops, Papanui Rd. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake rubble on pavement by damaged shops, Papanui Rd, Merivale. Shop would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake & rebuilt
06.09.10. Quake damaged shop, POLICE EMERGENCY taped, Mansfield Ave / Papanui Rd. Shop would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake & rebuilt
06.09.10. Quake damaged House of Travel, steel mesh fence cordoned, Papanui Rd / Aikmans Rd. Post quake repaired for business, then demolished for a rebuild
06.09.10. Quake damaged House of Travel, Aikmans Rd / Papanui Rd. Steel mesh fence cordons started to be erected around quake damage throughout Christchurch. House of Travel would be post quake repaired for business, then demolished for a rebuild
Papanui Rd / Aikmans Rd: One-storey, House of Travel. Brick-parapet collapsed, rubble on pavement, DANGER EMERGENCY taped, orange- plastic-road-coned, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Boarded-windows. House of Travel would be repaired for business then demolished for a rebuild.
A woman sobbed in the street. Yesterday, I'd seen another woman crying by damaged shops on Barbadoes St. Leah was tearful after the quake, our sons excited by the shebang. I had quake-fever: mood swings, shock, anxiety, grief, anger, elation, joking, adrenalin hyperactivity, which wore off after some days.
06.09.10. Quake damaged shop, Papanui Rd / Wyndham St. Shop would be demolished & rebuilt
06.09.10. Quake damaged shop, Wyndham St / Papanui Rd. Shop would be demolished & rebuilt
Papanui Rd / Wyndham St: Trashed one-storey shop, fallen-parapet, bricks strewn on footpath, white-plastic-tape-cordoned. I would return another day for more Papanui Rd snaps, as I wanted to see the CBD-cordon.
Bottom of Memorial Ave: Two-storey, weatherboard house, tilted, abandoned for years, would be demolished 2014.
Parked in Botanic Gardens. No tall trees damaged by the quake. Flexible plants better adapted to quakes than man-made brick & stone buildings.
Botanic Gardens / Rolleston Ave: Canterbury Museum, greystone, two-storey walls undamaged, as museum walls were reinforced with steel- rods.
Worcester Blvd: Yellow-stickered houses damaged, chimney-bricks flung onto footpath, brick-parapets loosened.
Slate-roof, greystone, Oamaru whitestone, two-storey Arts Centre would need years of repairs. Modern Christchurch Art Gallery was the CD HQ, as damaged Christchurch City Council multi-storey across the road, opened in August, was useless as CD HQ.
06.09.10. Quake tilted house, trashed brick chimney, Memorial Ave, near Hagley Park. The house would be abandoned then demolished 2014
06.09.10. Reinforced Canterbury Museum wall, undamaged by the quake, Rolleston Ave
06.09.10. Workmen repairing Arts Centre slate roof damage, Worcester Blvd. The Art Centre tower clock stopped just after the 4.35 am quake struck. The Arts Centre would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake & closed for repairs. Repairs were on-going 2014-15
Arts Centre, tower-clock stopped just after 4.35 quake morning. Clock-tower scaffolded, workmen repairing slate-roof damage. Arts Centre would be more damaged in the 22 February 2011 quake, Observatory collapsed. Arts Centre would be closed for repairs, ongoing 2014-15...
Worcester Blvd / Rolleston Ave: Two months post 4 September 2010, Darfield Quake, Arts Centre clock-tower would still be scaffolded. An Arts Centre turret would be wood-bandaged, strapped against aftershocks. Two weeks before Christmas, a crane would remove the turret-roof, placing it on Rolleston Ave footpath for repairs, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. The turret-roof would stand on the footpath for 4 years while Arts Centre was repaired. December 2014, the turret-roof would be reinstalled.
3.5 months post Darfield Quake, a Christchurch City Council, faded red-sticker at the Arts Centre: RESTRICTED USE NO ENTRY EXCEPT ON ESSENTIAL BUSINESS... That Council inspection ambiguity, allowing people into dangerous, red-stickered buildings, would cause deaths in the 22 February 2011 quake! Threats on the faded red-sticker, dated 15/9/10:
Restrictions on use:
No public entry or residential occupation.
Entry for
Emergency purposes
Damage assessments, making safe
Removal of essential business records
Removal of property
Conducting essential business with minimum staff
After inspections, Council's red-stickers, or yellow-stickers, or green-stickers would soon be found on many Christchurch buildings.
18.12.10. Turret roof on pavement for post quake repairs, Arts Centre, Rolleston Ave, 3.5 months post 04.09.10 quake. The Arts Centre would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. The turret roof would stand on the pavement for 4 years & be reinstalled Dec 2014
18.12.10. Close up, turret roof on pavement for post quake repairs, Arts Centre, Rolleston Ave, 3.5 months post quake. The Arts Centre would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. The turret roof would stand on the pavement for 4 years & be reinstalled Dec 2014
18.12.10. Scaffolding. Decapitated tower after turret roof was removed for post quake repairs, Arts Centre, Rolleston Ave, 3.5 months post quake. The Arts Centre would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake. The turret roof would stand on the pavement for 4 years & be reinstalled Dec 2014
18.12.10. Maori buskers, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake. Quake damaged, part repaired bldg behind. Post 22.02.11 quake, garages would be built beside the damaged bldg as storage for craft market shops.
18.12.10. Quake damaged Old Chemistry facade, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake
18.12.10. Quake damaged Old Chemistry bldg, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake
18.12.10. Quake damaged Observatory bldg, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake. The Observatory would collapse in the 22.02.11 quake
18.12.10. Close up, quake damaged Observatory bldg, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake. The Observatory would collapse in the 22.02.11 quake
18.12.10. Court Theatre stage door, brick bldg undamaged by quake & aftershocks, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd, 3.5 months post quake. Post 22.02.11 quake, Court Theatre would relocate
18.12.10. Christchurch City Council's faded red bldg inspection sticker, Arts Centre, Worcester Blvd. Ambiguously worded, red inspection stickers, allowing people into dangerous quake prone bldgs, would cause deaths in the 22.02.11 quake!
06.09.10. Quake damaged chimney, Worcester Blvd
06.09.10. Quake damaged, brick parapet, Worcester Blvd
06.09.10. Yellow sticker, house window, Worcester Blvd
06.09.10. Brick rubble, quake damaged house, Worcester Blvd
06.09.10. Montreal St, Christchurch Art Gallery / Civil Defence HQ during the quake state of emergency
06.09.10. Civil Defence use of Christchurch Art Gallery board to inform public of green, yellow, red quake building inspection stickers
06.09.10. Fire Service HQ truck by Christchurch Art Gallery / Civil Defence HQ, Worcester Blvd, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. Quake shattered windows, Hereford St
I trekked Christchurch CBD State-of-Emergency-cordon again. Checkpoints were guarded by NZDF soldiers, CD volunteers, cops at CBD-cordon intersections.
Worcester St Bridge: Steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by two cops, two NZDF soldiers. CBD behind closed. Citizens banned. Our City, roof-damaged. A yellow, Hi-Vis vested cop took pics of fallen, brick-chimneys on Worcester Blvd. 17 August 2017: I would give permission for Quake Safe Building Solutions to publish my trashed-chimneys snap on its website.
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers from Burnham camp guarding Hereford St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
06.09.10. Quake damaged, brand new Christchurch City Council offices, Worcester Blvd, seen from Cambridge Tce. The offices were opened in August weeks before the quake
06.09.10. Cop & NZDF soldiers guarding Worcester St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged roof, Our City, old brick bldg behind
06.09.10. Quake damage, Worcester Blvd, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
06.09.10. Chimneys shattered despite quake reinforcement, Worcester Blvd. Within a month EQC received claims for 17000 quake damaged chimneys (The Press). 17.08.17. Re quake trashed chimneys, I gave permission for Quakesafe Building Solutions to publish this pic on its website
06.09.10. Cops, NZDF soldiers, photographers, Worcester St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged roof, Our City, old brick bldg behind
06.09.10. Yellow, Hi-Vis vested cop photographing quake damage, Worcester Blvd. Steel mesh fence cordons were starting to be erected around quake damage throughout Christchurch
06.09.10. Quake rubberneckers. Cop photographers going up Worcester Blvd to Christchurch Art Gallery / Civil Defence HQ
06.09.10. Worcester St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon view, Cathedral Sq. Quake damaged roof, Our City, old brick bldg. Christ Church Cathedral tower would collapse in the 22.02.11 quake
Gloucester St / Oxford Tce: Plastic, POLICE tape-cordon, guarded by two cops, two NZDF soldiers. One fat, CD bloke wearing an orange, Hi-Vis vest chatted to cops. Olive military-vehicle parked on Oxford Tce. CBD behind closed. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Cops & orange, Hi-Vis vested, Civil Defence volunteer, Gloucester St / Oxford Tce, quake state of emergency, white, plastic tape cordon, POLICE EMERGENCY. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake state of emergency cordon, Gloucester St / Oxford Tce. NZDF soldiers, Civil Defence volunteer wearing an orange, Hi-Vis vest & cop. All bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Cops directing people, Gloucester St / Oxford Tce, quake state of emergency cordon. NZDF olive vehicle behind
06.09.10. Cop guarding Chancery Arcade, Chancery Ln entrance to Cathedral Sq, quake state of emergency cordon. Post 2011 quakes, Chancery Arcade would be demolished in 2015, enabling NZ National govt's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
Chancery Ln: One cop guarded entrance to Chancery Arcade. Citizens banned.
Gloucester St / Colombo St: One cop car, orange-plastic-road-cone-cordon, guarded by one cop, one NZDF soldier, one fat, orange, Hi-Vis vested, CD bloke. Citizens banned from Cathedral Sq.
06.09.10. Gloucester St / Colombo St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis vested, Civil Defence volunteer guarding quake state of emergency cordon, Gloucester St / Colombo St. Christ Church Cathedral behind. Christ Church Cathedral would be badly damaged in the 2011 quakes
06.09.10. NZDF soldier guarding quake state of emergency cordon, Colombo St / Gloucester St. Christ Church Cathedral behind. Christ Church Cathedral tower would collapse in the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake. Christ Church Cathedral west rose window would collapse in the 13.06.11 quake. Post quakes, in 2015 Camelot Hotel left would be demolished, enabling the new Christchurch Library / Turanga, as the old Christchurch Library on Gloucester St would be demolished, enabling NZ National govt's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
Gloucester St, Cathedral Junction: One yellow, Hi-Vis vested cop guarded the gate to Cathedral Junction. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Cop directing people, Cathedral Junction, Gloucester St, quake state of emergency cordon
Gloucester St / Manchester St: Yellow plastic-tape, orange-plastic-road-cone-cordon, guarded by two NZDF soldiers, one cop watching four businessmen salvaging files from their closed business, near a collapsed building. Citizens banned. Further down Gloucester St, a workman wearing a yellow hard-hat & orange, Hi-Vis vest removed a red-brick-chimney from a damaged-roof.
06.09.10. Businessmen salvaging stuff from a quake damaged bldg, quake state of emergency cordon, Manchester St / Gloucester St. Post 2011 quakes all the bldgs would be demolished enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame
06.09.10. Businessman salvaging stuff from a quake damaged bldg, quake state of emergency cordon, Manchester St / Gloucester St. Port Hills behind. Post 2011 quakes, all Manchester St bldgs in the pic would be demolished, enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame left, rebuilt CBD right
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers guarding quake state of emergency cordon, Manchester St / Gloucester St. Post 2011 quakes, most Manchester St bldgs would be demolished
06.09.10. Businessmen with quake salvaged stuff & cop, quake state of emergency cordon, Manchester St / Gloucester St. Post 2011 quakes, most Manchester St bldgs would be demolished
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers, Civil Defence & rubberneckers, quake state of emergency cordon, Manchester St / Gloucester St crossing. Post 2011 quakes, most of these Gloucester St bldgs would be demolished. Forsyth Barr top right & New Regent St bldgs below would survive the quakes
06.09.10. Workman demolishing a quake damaged chimney, Gloucester St
Latimer Sq / Worcester St: White, plastic, POLICE tape-cordon, guarded by one cop, four NZDF soldiers. CD bloke wearing an orange, Hi-Vis vest hovered. Citizens banned. Christchurch Club, three shattered-chimneys, brick-rubble on the tin-roof.
06.09.10. Vehicle entering Worcester St checkpoint, quake state of emergency cordon, Latimer Sq. Post 2011 quakes, most of the Worcester St bldgs were demolished, enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame
06.09.10. Quake state of emergency cordon, Worcester St checkpoint, Latimer Sq. Newstalk ZB high rise would be imploded, August 2012, enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame
06.09.10. Quake shattered chimneys, Christchurch Club, Latimer Sq. Hotel Grand Chancellor behind would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
06.09.10. Cop & NZDF soldier guarding quake state of emergency cordon, Hereford St by Latimer Sq. Hotel Grand Chancellor was tilted by the 22.02.11 quake & would be demolished. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame
Latimer Sq / Hereford St: Orange-plastic-road-cone; white-plastic, POLICE tape-cordon, guarded by one cop, one NZDF soldier. Citizens banned.
Hereford St / Madras St: St Johns Anglican Church, slate-roof damaged.
Madras St / Cashel St / Bedford Row / Hereford St: White-yellow-plastic, POLICE tape-cordon, patrolled by four NZDF soldiers. Orange, Hi-Vis vested CD bloke chatting. Citizens Banned. Arrow House, shattered-glass on basement-concrete. Opposite Latimer Sq, Arrow House, Madras St / Hereford St would be demolished. Arrow House was near CTV multi-storey which would pancake in 22 February 2011 quake.
06.09.10. Quake shattered glass, Arrow House, Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. A month later, the glass was still there below a boarded window. Arrow House would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. CTV bldg which would collapse in the 22.02.11 quake was behind Arrow House
06.09.10. Quake damaged St Johns Anglican Church, Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. The bldg was unstable, next door St Johns Church more so. St Johns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Shigaru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral would be built on St Johns site
06.09.10. Quake damaged St Johns Anglican Church, Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. The bldg was unstable, next door St Johns Church more so. St Johns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Shigaru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral would be built on St Johns site
06.09.10. Quake damaged St Johns Anglican Church, Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. The bldg was unstable, next door St Johns Church more so. St Johns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Shigaru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral would be built on St Johns site
06.09.10. Girls & NZDF soldier, quake state of emergency cordon, Madras St / Cashel St
06.09.10. NZDF soldier, Bedford Row / Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. Old brick stable was damaged by the 04.09.10 quake & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. 2018. Concrete, tilt slab flats would be built on site
06.09.10. Civil Defence & NZDF soldiers, Bedford Row, quake state of emergency cordon. Old brick stable was damaged by the 04.09.10 quake & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. 2018. Concrete, tilt slab flats would be built on site
06.09.10. NZDF soldier, Bedford Row / Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon. IR bldg right would survive the quakes. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame
Madras St / Lichfield St: Steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, brick-stables, bricks peeled off parapet. Guarded by one cop-car, one cop, one NZDF soldier. Three black-overalled USAR / TF blokes, one red-overalled NZRT bloke checked the brick-stables, which would later be demolished.
Lichfield St: Two businessmen salvaged business-stuff, watched by the cop. One olive military-vehicle parked on Lichfield St. Brick-crushed car seen in distance, Lichfield St / Poplar St. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Black overall USAR / TF team & red overall NZRT bloke, Madras Street, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Old brick stable was damaged by the 04.09.10 quake & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. 2018. Concrete, tilt slab flats would be built on site
06.09.10. NZDF soldier, USAR / TF & rubbernecker, Madras St / Lichfield St, quake state of emergency, steel mesh cordon. Old brick stable was damaged by the 04.09.10 quake & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. 2018. Concrete, tilt slab flats would be built on site
06.09.10. Madras St / Lichfield St crossing, quake state of emergency cordon. Quake damaged bldg & crushed car beyond. Apex car rentals, behind cop, would be damaged by Boxing Day aftershocks & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
06.09.10. Cop watching people in Lichfield St cordon. Quake damaged bldg & crushed car beyond. Apex car rentals, behind truck, would be damaged by Boxing Day aftershocks & would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
Lichfield St: Six workmen on John Burns & Co roof passed parapet-bricks to each other, stopping more bricks falling onto cars parked below in the forbidden-CBD.
06.09.10. Workmen passing quake rubble, John Burns Co roof, Lichfield St. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Workmen passing quake rubble, John Burns Co roof, Lichfield St. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake crushed car, Lichfield St / Tuam St carpark, quake state of emergency cordon
Madras St / St Asaph St: Brick-rubble on footpath, fallen from Convent of the Sacred Heart wall.
St Asaph St: Cracked brick-walls, plastic-tarped roofs, rubble-piles on footpath, bricks fallen from damaged-buildings.
06.09.10. Quake rubble, Barbadoes St / St Asaph St. Convent of the Sacred Heart would be more damaged by Boxing Day aftershocks. Christchurch RC Cathedral beyond. RC Cathedral towers would collapse in the 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake toppled brick parapet right, St Asaph St. Blue tarped roof, left bldg
06.09.10. Quake cracked brick wall, business carpark, St Asaph St
St Asaph St / High St / Madras St crossing: Two cop-cars, orange-plastic-road-cones, white-plastic-bollard, white-plastic, POLICE tape-cordon, guarded by one orange, Hi-Vis vested, CD bloke, two NZDF soldiers, two cops. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Rubbernecker, NZDF soldiers & orange, Hi-Vis vested, Civil Defence, quake state of emergency cordon, St Asaph St / High St / Madras St crossing
06.09.10. Quake state of emergency cordon, High St / Madras St / St Asaph St crossing. The Christchurch Polytech hostel would survive the 2010-2013 quakes
06.09.10. N view, deserted Madras St, usually very busy, quake state of emergency cordon, cops, Civil Defence & soldiers, High St / Madras St / St Asaph St crossing. Post 2011 quakes, beyond the tech hostel right, all Madras St bldgs would be demolished
06.09.10. N view, Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon, High St / Madras St / St Asaph St crossing. Facade of grey Nurse Maude bldg, mid-right, was quake damaged & taped off. Later shipping containers would be placed on Madras St before Nurse Maude bldg, demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Bldgs beyond Nurse Maude would be demolished too
06.09.10. S view, deserted Madras St to Port Hills, from quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. Yellow, Hi-Vis vested cop view down deserted High St, quake state of emergency cordon, High St / Madras St / St Asaph St crossing
06.09.10. N view, deserted Madras St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis vested, workman on quake damaged, Lone Star roof, toppled brick parapet & Steinlager ad, Manchester St, quake state of emergency cordon. 5 months post quake, Lone Star would be demolished
Manchester St: Cokers Backpackers, orange-plastic-road-coned, yellow-plastic-tape-cordoned, guarded by one NZDF soldier. Citizens banned. Brick-parapet peeled off Lone Star building. High on brick-wall, red Steinlager advertisement, brick-damaged. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workman standing on roof. Manchester St / St Asaph St: Theme Basics building seen from cordon: brick-parapet collapsed onto awnings below, rubble on pavement.
6 October 2010. A month later, I would again trek past Lone Star, Manchester St: Steinlager advertisement on the brick-wall gone, scaffolding up, roof being repaired. I'd trekked Southwark St & other streets between Madras St & Manchester St, seeing more damages. Five months post-quake, Lone Star would be demolished.
6 October 2010. Moorhouse Ave: Old, brick-station, clock-tower was patched with wood, stopping bricks falling off, the clock had jammed at 4.35am, when the quake struck. Old, brick-station was built in 1955, the tower concrete, but brick-cladded.
Heritage-hailers wanted to preserve old buildings in Christchurch-CBD & warped, Medway St Footbridge over Avon River, between River Rd & Avonside Dr. Better mementoes: leave stopped-clocks, as-is, like Moorhouse Ave, old station, stopped-clock & Arts Centre stopped-clock, Worcester Blvd. (Later, warped Medway St Footbridge would be demolished, stored at Ferrymead Heritage Park. 2022. New Medway St Footbridge would open on Avonside Dr). Post-quakes, when Oxford Tce, Riverside Market was built, the old station clock would be hung on a Riverside Market wall.
6 October 2010. Manchester St looked like a war-zone, rubble cleared, twisted metal still on footpaths, steel-mesh-fenced- cordoned, damaged-buildings & destroyed Theme Basics, cracked horizontally, Manchester St / St Asaph St. Further down Manchester St, a digger poked an old building. Manchester St's Red-Light-Strip, expiring.
6 October 2010. St Asaph St: Driving along, I saw a crane hoisting a workman beside Christchurch Hospital's chimney, checking the tall, concrete-chimney for damage. Cars weaved past St Asaph St steel-mesh-fence-cordons while workmen did repairs. CBD speed-limit was reduced to 30 km/h to stop traffic rumbling old buildings to bits & stop traffic destroying old sewage-pipes & water-pipes.
06.09.10. Quake state of Emergency cordon, Manchester St, by Cokers Backpackers. A month later Cokers Hotel & The Woolshed Bar & Bistro would be fenced off & quake closed till further notice. Cokers Hotel & Woolshed Bar & Bistro would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
06.09.10. The Woolshed Bar & Bistro, Manchester St, undamaged by the quake. Cokers Hotel & Woolshed Bar & Bistro would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
06.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis vested, Civil Defence & quake damaged Theme Basics bldg, Manchester St / St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. Parapet toppled & awnings collapsed. Theme Basics would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake
06.09.10. Quake damaged, Theme Basics bldg, Manchester St / St Asaph St, state of emergency cordon. Parapet toppled & awnings collapsed. Theme Basics would be demolished post 13.06.11 quake. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
Colombo St: South City carpark, Two NZDF soldiers, one cop detoured cars off Colombo St back to Moorhouse Ave. Colombo St was forbidden in the CBD-cordon. Citizens banned. Olive military-vehicle drove from South City carpark.
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers & cop detouring traffic by South City, Colombo St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers directing traffic by South City, Colombo St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. NZDF soldier directing traffic by South City, Colombo St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. NZDF soldier, olive military vehicle leaving South City carpark, Colombo St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. Face at a window, opp South City carpark, watching NZDF soldiers & cop directing Colombo St traffic, quake state of emergency cordon
Durham St Sth / St Asaph St / Mollett St intersections: Steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by three NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. NZDF soldier patrolling St Asaph St, quake state of emergency cordon
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers guarding Mollett St, quake state of emergency cordon, Durham St Sth side. A bldg at the end of Mollett St was quake damaged, Colombo St side
Durham St Sth / Tuam St: One cop-car, POLICE plastic-tape, orange-plastic-road-cones, steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by one cop, one NZDF soldier. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Parked POLICE car, Tuam St / Durham St Sth, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
06.09.10. NZDF soldier & cop, Durham St Sth / Tuam St, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Office Max bldg survived the 2011 quakes but CERA wanted it for its Blueprint S Frame
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers, olive military van, Durham St Sth / Lichfield St, quake state of emergency cordon
Durham St Sth / Cambridge Tce: Steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by two NZDF soldiers, one olive military-vehicle. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. NZDF soldiers, Cambridge Tce / Lichfield St, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel St: Steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by two NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. Cambridge Tce view, cops & NZDF soldiers, Cashel St Bridge of Remembrance, Avon River, quake state of emergency cordon. Bridge of Remembrance survived the 2011 quakes & would be restored 2014-15
Hereford St Bridge: NO ENTRY sign. Steel-mesh-fence-cordon, guarded by two NZDF soldiers. Citizens banned.
06.09.10. NO ENTRY. Cambridge Tce, E view, NZDF soldiers guarding Hereford St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Post 2011 quakes, most bldgs in the pic would be demolished
06.09.10. Cambridge Tce view, cop & NZDF soldier, Worcester St Bridge, quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon. Our City, brick bldg behind, survived the 2011 quakes, but would stay closed for years. 2021. Our City restoration would begin
I'd trekked the biggest State-of-Emergency-cordon on the first day Burnham Military Camp soldiers assisted cops guarding Christchurch-CBD. Days hence, I'd trek three more CBD State-of-Emergency-cordons, which would shrink into pockets of plastic-taped, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned buildings closer to Manchester St. It was the first State-of-Emergency Christchurch ever had.
State-of-Emergency DANGER: Security-forces were hostile to citizens, implying they were looters. Overbearing cops & soldiers strutted streets, finger-wagging. CD personnel wearing orange, Hi-Vis vests, also ordered citizens around at cordons.
EXTREME DANGER: A State-of-Emergency could degenerate into a state-of-terror, soldiers & cops supporting tyranny, the chosen privileged frowning at teeming masses: insiders, outsiders looking for trouble.
*Trekked Rugby St, Papanui Rd, Memorial Ave, Rolleston Ave, Worcester Blvd, Montreal St, Hereford St, Gloucester St, Latimer Sq, Madras St, Lichfield St, St Asaph St, Manchester St, Colombo St, Mollett St, Durham St Sth, Cambridge Tce. 110 snaps.
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Colombo St: Luke's girlfriend lost her restaurant work: Morocco Simos, Beckenham kaput! Loss of earnings in Canterbury serious, many off work due to hazardous buildings.
Hazards of sewage & water mixing underground while aftershocks continue to mess pipes. Boiling of water needed. Kaiapoi in kak, its sewage- farm on a river-bank, Kaiapoi on the Ashley-Waimakariri-Styx Rivers floodplain. Waimakariri stopbanks N of Christchurch not breached. 6 September 10.14am
Delayed shock, sadness: Leah sad yesterday. Day 3, this morning, a woman sobbing, Papanui Rd / Aikmans Rd. I was tearful, angry: had just photographed damage at Papanui Rd between Rugby St & Aikmans Rd: Merivale shops damaged. Chinese Methodist Church, 1894, no sign of reinforcement, condemned, yellow Xs & NOs painted on all blue doors. 6 September 10.31am.
Leah here: You guys out there with normal stuff going on are a treat for us. It brings normality to our quake-shocked world. Although our home got off lightly in the quake, the devastation around us is hard to take in & will affect all who live here for some time to come. Loss of earnings will be ongoing for some. A huge part of the region is away from work till buildings have been checked as safe. Schools plan to reopen on Wednesday if able to.
Right now I have gripy guts from not boiling water enough. A friend's home was condemned & I know others who no longer have a workplace to go to. Some places almost look like movie-sets, except it is real.
Aftershocks continue with earth-shifts felt regularly. Some are just tremors under our feet, but others are mini-quakes around M3 & M4 on the Richter Scale. One which woke me this morning about 5.15am felt at least M4 or more. 6 September 11.55am.
@Stephen. Damages in waves about 500+ metres apart. Saw 2 military-helicopters flying tandem over the CBD, Saturday afternoon post-quake. Would love to see aerial-pics of damages, to follow seismic waves.
Most of Christchurch OK. Brick-chimneys, old brick-buildings, footpath-awnings collapsed, mostly in the CBD. Lots of flooding in the CBD & suburbs near rivers, especially Avon River, due to sewage-pipes & water-pipes bursting, pressured by underground water & shaking. Drinking-water must be boiled.
Wooden-buildings away from swamps & rivers are mostly OK, like our wooden rental-house. Many roads, gutters, pavements, brick-building walls, floors, roofs are cracked, buckled, collapsed, slumped or humped. Single-storey buildings better off. Double-storey or higher, more damaged due to vertical-amplifying of ground-shaking.
Day 3 Monday: After Saturday morning's quake, Burnham Camp soldiers directed traffic on Colombo St by South City supermarket. They stopped people entering the inner CBD-cordon. Cops, soldiers, Civil Defence volunteers guarded CBD-crossings & entrances. Cops: laid-back, last-defence for two CBD outer & inner plastic-taped-cordons. Civil Defence volunteers in front of cordons, wore orange, Hi-Vis vests.
Yesterday Monday, I swore at a CD volunteer when he stopped me going past the Art Gallery / CD HQ on Worcester Blvd, after he'd allowed tourists through.
I trekked around Central Police multi-storey via Hereford St. Entered the CBD further down Worcester Blvd. [Vague cordons]. Self- important building-inspectors wandered the CBD with clipboards & hard-hats, checking buildings for retention or demolition.
Seismologists hadn't a clue Saturday morning's quake & aftershocks were coming. In future I would expect arse-covering by seismologists, builders, engineers, councillors, politicians. Heard "expert" gobbledegook on TV last night about soil pore-size & mud.
[Nearly 3 months post-quake, "experts" would jabber in The Press, 29 November 2010, about four or more faults causing Darfield Quake, seismic- waves bouncing off Port Hills hard-rock, causing Christchurch damage].
Liquefaction: Tons of river, swamp & road-foundation mud was forced out of road-tarseal cracks & gutter-cracks, deposited onto roads, gardens, houses. Some roads flooded. Kaiapoi, north of Christchurch, a disaster, as Kaiapoi's on a flood-plain near three rivers with Kaiapoi sewage-ponds by a riverbank.
Monday: I snapped CBD damages, including three cops snapping Worcester Blvd damages. 7 September 9.30am.
@George. I'm snapping before clean-up of quake-damages. The 'old country' is safer than Christchurch now. 7 September 9.43am.
NZ Breakfast TV, Christchurch aftershocks: 11.24pm M5.2; 11.38pm M4; 11.40pm M5.4; 12.21am M4.7; 03.24am M5.4. Leah shook me awake! 7 September 9.58am.
@Anne. We're saddened by others' losses. I'm snapping as much as I can. 7 September 10.52am.
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