Riverlaw Tce: 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 damage at Beckenham & Sydenham. We often visited South Library, Beckenham.
Colombo St, Beckenham: Luke's girlfriend lost her job when the quake destroyed Simo's Moroccan Restaurant, where she'd worked. Several old & new Beckenham buildings were damaged. (Simo's Moroccan Restaurant would relocate to Lincoln Rd).
A steel-mesh-fence-cordoned shop-window near two-storey, Simo's Moroccan Restaurant ghost was boarded. Spray-painted message on the board:
SORRY CLOSED
ENQUIRIES 2 FRED...
Simo's brick-parapet was fallen, also 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 buildings were undamaged.
Further down Colombo St, more two-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 one-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 February 2011 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.
Media for the last State-of-Emergency week warned about Sydenham 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 February 2011 quake. Demolition-rubble would pollute the site for years, only cleared away in 2019. 2023. Demolition-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 three 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 destruction, one-way traffic weaving along Colombo St between cordon-fences was strange, as traffic-rumble would increase damage to unstable-buildings.
Colombo St / Wordsworth St: Two-storey, Ascot TV ghost, brick-parapet, brick-walls peeled off "dolls house" second-storey rooms, rubble on footpath, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Ascot TV business would soon relocate. Ascot TV would be demolished post 22 February 2011 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-buildings, 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-building 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 February 2011 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: Two-storey, brick-shop row, including Penny Lane Records ghost: fallen-brick side-wall; fallen-brick parapet, awnings; rubble, debris on footpath, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Angus Donaldson Printers ghost: second-storey, brick-walls peeled off showing "dolls house" rooms; debris, rubble on footpath. 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-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 bags. One asked whether it was possible to get through the cordon. "Nah," I said, "There're cops & soldiers at cordon-ends." 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 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, including 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 supermarket.
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
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 clean-up. Above the theatre front-door, production advertisement:
NOISES OFF!!
Repertory Theatre would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake.
The CBD was quickly cleaned up post-quake. Repairs moot. 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 & monitor. Leah said our fridge shook, things rattling on top.
My first impression of clean-ups by Christchurch City Council was confirmed six weeks later when I returned to Colombo St, Sydenham. Debris was still there. Why didn't Heritage-hailers organize work-parties to remove debris? No demolitions. No rebuilds. Few reopened shops. 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.
4.December 2010. Exactly 3 months post-quake I would drive up Colombo St, two-way again, livelier, but still shattered with steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, damaged-buildings. Debris was cleared. Some buildings were demolished: Colombo St / Sandyford St, where Angus Donaldson Printers stood, 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 4 September 2010 quake, most Beckenham & Sydenham ruins, Colombo St, mentioned in this post were demolished. Just weedy demolition-sites, some sites steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Wastelands awaiting rebuild.
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 Septembr 2010. 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 caused supply delays to Christchurch during the 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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