Riverlaw Tce: Quake cracked due to Heathcote River bank slumping / lateral spreading. Workmen used earthmoving machines to repair roadside pipes. Heathcote River was turbid due to sewage pollution from broken pipes.
13.09.10. Riverlaw Tce bldg site, undamaged by Christchurch quake
13.09.10. Riverlaw Tce view, sewage in the Heathcote River. Workmen repairing Fifield Tce pipes, state of emergency
13.09.10. Quake damaged Riverlaw Tce, Heathcote River, state of emergency. Lateral spreading / slumping of the river bank caused the crack
13.09.10. Quake damaged Riverlaw Tce, state of emergency. Lateral spreading / slumping of Heathcote River bank caused the crack
13.09.10. Quake cracked Riverlaw Tce, state of emergency. Lateral spreading / slumping of Heathcote River bank caused the cracks
13.09.10. Riverlaw Tce view, contractor's earth moving machines by Heathcote River, Fifield Tce, state of emergency
I drove to Colombo Street, wanting to see quake damage at Beckenham & Sydenham. We often went to South Library, Beckenham.
Colombo St, Beckenham: Luke's girlfriend had lost her job when the quake destroyed Simo's Moroccan Restaurant, where she'd worked. Several old & new Beckenham bldgs were damaged by the quake. (Simo's Moroccan Restaurant would relocate to Lincoln Rd).
A steel mesh fence cordoned shop window near 2 storey, Simo's Moroccan Restaurant ghost was boarded. Spray-painted message on the board:
SORRY CLOSED
ENQUIRIES 2 FRED...
Simo's brick parapet had fallen, as had the brick parapet at the end of the row of red stickered, USAR / TF graffitied, plastic taped, orange road coned, fence cordoned, ghost shops. Upper storey "dolls house" rooms gaped below the broken parapets. NO GO yellow, spray-painted on roadside windows. SORRY CLOSED black, spray-painted on a boarded window. Brick rubble lay on the road inside the steel mesh fence cordon. Across the road & nearby Nando's modern bldgs were undamaged.
Further down Colombo St, more 2 storey ghosts, red stickered, steel mesh fence cordoned, windows spray-painted with red & orange warnings: BUILDING UNSAFE KEEP OUT (threwthekeyhole ghost). BUY BUY BABY ghost, wooden 1 storey, at the end of the brick shop row, was tilted, as the quake had shifted it from its neighbour. Ghosts both sides of Colombo St would be demolished.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed bldgs (soon demolished) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. BUILDING UNSAFE KEEP OUT quake trashed threwthekeyhole (soon demolished) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Quake trashed, Buy Buy Baby supporting next door bldg (soon demolished) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Detail, quake trashed Buy Buy Baby shifting from next door bldg (soon demolished) Colombo S, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Leucodendron tribute, steel mesh fence cordon, quake notice. Colombo St Baptist Church, Beckenham, state of emergency. Beckenham Baptist Church would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished during the national state of emergency
Colombo St Baptist Church ghost: Steel mesh fence cordon sign: HAS YOUR FOUNDATION BEEN SHAKEN? Leucodendron tribute on the fence. The church would be demolished post 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordoned, quake trashed bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Row of red stickered, quake trashed bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Three months post quake they would still be steel mesh fence cordoned, no demolitions done. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed, red stickered row of bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed, red stickered bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Bldg inspector inspecting quake damaged bldgs, steel mesh fence cordoned, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Modern quake proof bldgs, undamaged by the quake, opp side of Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Quake trashed bldgs, fallen brick parapet, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Fallen bricks behind steel mesh fence cordon. NO GO quake trashed, red stickered, Wilhelm Arms and Optics, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Fallen bricks behind steel mesh fence cordon. NO GO, red stickered, Simo's Moroccan restaurant, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake. Simo's Moroccan Restaurant would relocate to Lincoln Rd
13.09.10. Quake trashed Beckenham Footwear & Engraving, Colombo St, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. White, plastic, taped & steel mesh fence cordoned. SORRY CLOSED quake trashed cordoned bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed upper storey rooms, fallen brick parapet & wall, despite steel reinforcement, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10 Quake trashed upper storey rooms, fallen brick parapet & wall, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Demolished pre 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. White & yellow, plastic taped, steel mesh fence cordoned. Quake damaged bldgs, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. White & yellow, plastic taped, steel mesh fence cordoned. NO GO quake damaged Hardings Chemists, Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blue tarped roof. Quake damaged restaurant, fallen brick parapet (roof repaired within 6 weeks) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Front wall would be slightly damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Blue tarped roof. Quake damaged restaurant (roof repaired within 6 weeks) Colombo St, Beckenham, state of emergency. Front wall would be slightly damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Nando's undamaged by the quake, Colombo St / Strickland St, Beckenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged Sydenham Heritage Church, Brougham St / Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency. Tarp was replaced by a temp wooden cap. Sydenham Heritage Church would be demolished in the national state of emergency post 22.02.11 quake. Demolition rubble would pollute the site for years, only cleared away in 2019. 2023. Demo site still vacant.
I drove down Colombo St to Sydenham, as media for the last State of Emergency week had warned about Sydenham's quake damages.
Colombo St / Brougham St: Sydenham Heritage Church ghost, greystone gable toppled, tarped, steel mesh fence cordoned. Tarp would be replaced with a wooden, triangular cap over gable damage. Sydenham Heritage Church would be demolished in the National State of Emergency post 22.02.11 Killer Quake. Demolition rubble would pollute the site for years, only cleared away in 2019. 2023. Demo site still vacant.
Colombo St / Elgin St: Steel mesh fence cordons down both sides of Colombo St. 30 km/h speed limit signs were at the start of both fence cordons. I would see many more 30 km/h speed limit signs over the next 3 quake years. I parked at Elgin St by multi-storey, WINZ ghost. Sydenham WINZ's glass door sign:
THIS OFFICE IS
CLOSED UNTIL THE 13th
OF SEPTEMBER
If required, please
go to Work and
Income at Linwood,
Riccarton, Hornby
or New Brighton
By christiansuperstore, a female cop, arms folded, two male NZDF soldiers, at ease. Cop car guarded the steel mesh fence cordons, by brick ghosts both sides of one-way cordoned Colombo St. Several blocks away, another NZDF soldier guarded the end of the steel mesh fence cordon before Moorhouse Ave railway & overbridges.
13.09.10. 30 km/h speed limit. Quake state of emergency, steel mesh fence cordon, Elgin St / Colombo St by WINZ Sydenham office. Sydenham WINZ would be closed post 22.02.11 quake, later demolished for a rebuild
13.09.10. Sydenham WINZ quake notice, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Sydenham WINZ would be closed post 22.02.11 quake
Colombo St, Sydenham: Usually a narrow, busy, two-way street. The steel mesh fence cordon & dark, brick ghosts made Colombo St claustrophobic: ghosts red stickered both sides of Colombo St, from Elgin St, past Wordsworth St & beyond to Sandyford St near Moorhouse Ave. Given quake destruction, one-way traffic weaving along Colombo St between cordon fences was strange, as traffic rumble would increase damage to unstable bldgs.
Colombo St / Wordsworth St: 2 storey, Ascot TV ghost, brick parapet, brick walls peeled off "dolls house" second storey rooms, rubble on pavement, steel mesh fence cordoned. Ascot TV business would soon relocate. Ascot TV would be demolished post 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed Ascot TV roof & rooms, Colombo St / Wordsworth St, state of emergency. 5 months post quake, bldg still as is. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed Ascot TV rooms, Wordsworth St, state of emergency. 5 months post quake, bldg still as is. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed Ascot TV rooms, Wordsworth St, state of emergency cordon. 5 months post quake, bldg still as is. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed Ascot TV rooms & roof, Wordsworth St / Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. 5 months post quake, bldg still as is. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Colombo St: Alone, I trekked Sydenham cordon, alert for aftershocks & falling debris. It was damp, overcast. I felt creepy again. Comparing NZ / SA States of Emergencies, the novelty of Christchurch quaking, damages, unstable bldgs, aftershocks, was paltry compared to the terrifying uncertainty during SA years of ANC / APLA / Inkatha / state mayhem.
13.09.10. Quake trashed, red stickered, Bali Hai Imports Ltd, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed, red stickered, Bali Hai Imports Ltd, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed bldgs, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Every brick bldg in Colombo St, Sydenham cordon was deserted. Only signs of life were me, cops & NZDF soldiers at cordon ends, gulls perching on parapets, traffic lights winking, erratic traffic going past fences in the one-way cordon, en route to Moorhouse Ave.
Colombo St / Battersea St: Churchills Tavern ghost, plastic tape, steel mesh fence cordoned; brick parapets, awnings collapsed; debris, rubble on pavement. Churchills Tavern would be demolished post 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
13.09.10. Colombo St view, Battersea St, quake trashed Churchills Tavern, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake debris, fallen brick parapet & awnings, Churchills Tavern, Battersea St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake debris, fallen brick parapet & awnings, Churchills Tavern, Colombo St / Battersea St, state of emergency, yellow, plastic, tape cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed, Churchills Tavern, Colombo St / Battersea St, state of emergency, yellow, plastic, tape cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Battersea St view, quake trashed Churchills Tavern, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Battersea St view, quake trashed Churchills Tavern, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Battersea St view, quake debris by Churchills Tavern, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Battersea St view, quake trashed Churchills Tavern end, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Battersea St cnr view, quake debris on Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency, steel mesh fence & shipping container cordon. Cordon end & bridge over railway beyond
Colombo St / Sandyford St: 2 storey, brick shop row, incl Penny Lane Records ghost: fallen brick side wall; fallen brick parapet, awnings; rubble, debris on pavement, steel mesh fence cordoned. Angus Donaldson Printers ghost: second storey, brick walls peeled off showing "dolls house" rooms; debris, rubble on pavement. Angus Donaldson Printers would be demolished, but would relocate further up Colombo St, sharing premises with relocated Penny Lane Music.
13.09.10. Quake trashed Penny Lane Records (soon relocated) Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake trashed Penny Lane Records & shops, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Demolished post 22 .02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake debris, Colombo St / Sandyford St, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Cnr bldg, Angus Donaldson, soon demolished
Colombo St: From the cordon's end, I trekked back to Wordsworth St crossing, where I'd entered a break in the steel mesh fence cordon. A young man entered the cordon at the break, vaulted the next cordon fence & vanished down Colombo St.
A fat man & a thin man entered the cordon, both carrying full bags. One asked whether it was possible to get through the cordon. "Nah," I said, "There're cops & soldiers at both ends of the cordon." They about-turned, skedaddled. What was in their bags?
A young woman with a camera sneaked into the cordon. When she realized she was alone, she scuttled along the cordon fence, her footsteps clattering along Colombo St.
13.09.10. Gull on an acid rain, quake trashed Colombo St roof, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Detached facade ready to fall
13.09.10. Quake notice, WE ARE CLOSED, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon
Shop window sign:
Dear Customer:
Due to this earthquake we are CLOSED until further notice.
If you need anything from the store to HELP you get through this tough time, pls ph me on...
Take care...
13.09.10. Bag man leaving Colombo St, state of emergency cordon at Wordsworth St
13.09.10. Fat bag man leaving Colombo St, state of emergency cordon at Wordsworth St
13.09.10. Lady, cop, NZDF soldiers, cop car. Elgin St / Colombo St junction, state of emergency cordon
I drove down one-way Colombo St & parked near Sandyford St by the end of the steel mesh fence cordon, where I'd turned back while walking the cordon, so I could snap more brick ghosts between Sandyford St & Carlyle St closer to the railway bridge & Moorhouse Ave.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Sandyford St / Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency
13.09.10.Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Colombo St / Sandyford St, Sydenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Boarded shop front, quake debris, quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Sandyford St, state of emergency
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake debris, Sandyford St bldg (soon demolished) Sydenham, state of emergency
13.09.10. White room (soon demolished) & quake debris, Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Beige room (soon demolished) & quake debris, Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Blue ceiling room (soon demolished) & quake debris, Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Sandyford St view, quake trashed Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency, steel mesh fence, shipping container cordon. Cnr bldg, Angus Donaldson, soon demolished
13.09.10. Quake trashed Angus Donaldson (soon demolished) Sandyford St / Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Colombo St cnr view, quake debris, Sandyford St, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Bldg would soon be demolished
13.09.10. Quake trashed front room (soon demolished) Sandyford St / Colombo St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed blue ceiling room (soon demolished) Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed beige room (soon demolished) Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed white room (soon demolished) Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Yellow Hi-Vis jacketed cop, bldg inspector, Sandyford St / Colombo St, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Cnr bldg, Angus Donaldson, soon demolished
13.09.10. Quake debris, Colombo St / Sandyford St, Sydenham, state of emergency cordon. Cnr bldg, Angus Donaldson, soon demolished
13.09.10. Quake debris, Angus Donaldson (soon demolished) Colombo St / Sandyford St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Angus Donaldson quake debris, Colombo St, state of emergency cordon. Bldg would soon be demolished
13.09.10. Quake trashed Colombo St bldg (soon demolished) Sydenham, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed upper rooms & roof (soon demolished) Colombo St, state of emergency cordon
Colombo St / Byron St: More old, brick, ghost shops: red stickered, incl Rob Roys pub, cracked, side brick wall; Kaleidoscopes hair design; "dolls house" Monumental Masons, side wall peeled off, white plastic tape, steel mesh fence cordoned. The shops would soon be demolished.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed, red stickered Monumental Masons (soon demolished) Colombo St, state of emergency
13.09.10. Quake trashed Monumental Masons, fallen wall & gable (soon demolished) Colombo St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed, red stickered Kaleidoscopes (soon demolished) Colombo St, state of emergency
13.09.10. Quake trashed Kaleidoscopes (soon demolished) Colombo St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed Rob Roys (soon demolished) Colombo St / Byron St, Sydenham, state of emergency, white, plastic taped, steel mesh fence cordon
13.09.10. Quake trashed Rob Roys (soon demolished) Colombo St / Byron St, state of emergency cordon
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed Rob Roys (soon demolished) Colombo St / Byron St, state of emergency
I drove to Kilmore St to see Repertory Theatre ghost, then drove to Northlands Pak 'n Save to see quake effects on supermarket shopping.
Cambridge Tce: Avon River bank trees, Council WARNING threat signs:
WARNING
CONTAMINATED WATER
Due to Sewage Overflows this water is
unsafe for human contact and activity
and is a Public Health Risk
Please keep all people and pets out of contact
with the water and do not consume any seafood
or shellfish collected from this area
Christchurch would be in deep shit for years.
13.09.10. WARNING CONTAMINATED WATER sign, Cambridge Tce downriver view, sewage polluted Avon River, state of emergency
13.09.10. WARNING CONTAMINATED WATER sign, Cambridge Tce view across sewage polluted Avon River to Oxford Tce, state of emergency
13.09.10. Orange digger behind steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged, cleaned up Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre & Markhams would be demolished post 22.02.11. quake
Kilmore St: Repertory Theatre ghost, second storey, brick wall peeled off. An orange digger was parked behind the steel mesh fence cordon after debris cleanup. Above the theatre front door, production ad:
NOISES OFF!!
Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
The CBD was quickly cleaned up post quake. Repairs moot. Quake damaged, outer suburbs like Sydenham rotted in the spring sun: couple more days of cops, NZDF soldiers on cordon duty, during the extended State of Emergency.
24.10.10. Another big, rumbly aftershock, M4.8, while I typed: shook my computer table & computer screen. Leah said our kitchen fridge shook, things rattling on top.
My first impression of different clean up efforts by Christchurch City Council was confirmed six weeks later when I returned to Colombo St, Sydenham. Quake debris was still there. Why hadn't Heritage hailers organized work parties to remove debris? No demolitions. No rebuilds. Few shops had reopened. Cops, NZDF soldiers gone.
Cosmetic reshuffling of cordon fences & plastic barriers on Colombo St were the only changes between Elgin St & Carlyle St crossings. Colombo St northbound traffic was still one-way, weaving past cordon fences & ghost shops. Traffic from Moorhouse Ave, CBD side was detoured, thus starving Sydenham business. Considering quick clean ups, demolitions, repairs & rebuilds elsewhere in Christchurch, contrast between neglected Sydenham & other suburbs was stark.
Two months post quake it was announced another shopping mall would be built in the northern suburbs, Styx Mill area, a kick in Sydenham's guts.
04.12.10. Exactly 3 months post quake I would drive up Colombo St, two-way again, livelier, but still shattered with steel mesh fence cordoned, damaged bldgs. Debris had been cleared. Some bldgs had been demolished, Colombo St / Sandyford St, where Angus Donaldson Printers had stood, leaving an empty, steel mesh fence cordoned site. Since the quake, in central Christchurch, there would be many empty, steel mesh fence cordoned sites after demolitions.
A year post 04.09.10 Darfield Quake, most Beckenham & Sydenham ruins, Colombo St, mentioned in this post had been demolished. Just weedy demolition sites, some sites steel mesh fence cordoned. Wastelands awaiting recovery.
June 2013 ditto: Sydenham rebuild stalled.
13.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon, orange digger before quake damaged Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Orange digger behind steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged Repertory Theatre window, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Orange digger behind steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Orange digger behind steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Stage Door, quake damaged Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Doors, windows, quake damaged, red stickered, Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Red stickered Repertory Theatre window, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Repertory Theatre windows, Kilmore St, state of emergency. Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
13.09.10. Quake notice on several Northlands Pak 'n Save empty shelves, state of emergency
13.09.10. Northlands Mall, Pak 'n Save shelf sign:
Dear Customers
Due to the earthquake in Christchurch the supply of certain products will be affected. We are working hard to restore normal supply as quickly as possible.
We apologise for any inconvenience
A landslide over the railway & State Highway 1 near Kaikoura had caused supply delays to Christchurch during the quake State of Emergency, while earthmovers removed tons of landslide rock.
*Trekked Riverlaw Tce, Fifield Tce, Colombo St, Cambridge Tce, Kilmore St. 97 snaps.
Coda:
2023-24. Corson Ave, Beckenham: Luke would rent an old, wooden, quaked house, due for demolition & rebuild.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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