Papanui Rd: Chinese Methodist Church ghost. Red-stickered, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Hall, brick-gable toppled, rubble in carpark. Yellow-crane did repairs between brick-church & brick-hall. Yellow NO spray-painted on blue, wooden-doors. Steeple, tiled-roof was removed, placed on front-lawn, supported by nylon-straps attached to concrete-blocks. Top of nave-wall peeled-off, bricks on lawn.
14.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church, Rugby St, state of emergency. The quake crushed van was removed. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The Church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
14.09.10. Yellow crane truck doing post quake repairs, Chinese Methodist Church, Rugby St, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
14.09.10. NO red stickered Chinese Methodist Church door, Rugby St, state of emergency.
14.09.10. Steeple roof removed from quake damaged tower, for repairs to steeple, Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
14.09.10. Quake damaged Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
14.09.10. Bldg inspectors & grounded steeple roof, Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
14.09.10. Grounded steeple roof & quake rubble, Chinese Methodist Church, Papanui Rd, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15
Post 22.02.11 Killer Quake, the Chinese Methodist Church hall would be demolished. The church would be demolished Jul-Aug 2013. A new church would be built on site 2014-15.
Papanui Rd, Merivale: Two houses, tile-roofs, black-tarped, blue-tarped. Villa Antiques, white-plastic-tape-cordoned; side brick-wall, buckled; yellow NO spray-painted on window. Two fat indians-white-plastic-tape-cordoned; DANGER ABOVE green spray-painted on window.
14.09.10. Black & blue tarps on quake damaged roofs, Papanui Rd, state of emergency
14.09.10. Quake damaged Villa Antiques, brick wall, despite steel reinforcement, Papanui Rd, state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. Quake damaged Villa Antiques, Papanui Rd state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. DANGER ABOVE quake damaged two fat indians, Papanui Rd state of emergency. Demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. House of Travel quake sign, Papanui Rd state of emergency
14.09.10. Quake bent Aikmans Rd sign by House of Travel, Merivale, state of emergency. House of Travel would be repaired, continue business, taken over by Quinns post 22.02.11 quake, then demolished
Papanui Rd / Aikmans Rd: House of Travel, white-plastic-tape-cordoned; toppled brick-parapet; hand-written window-sign:
WE HAVE LOCATED AT HOUSE OF TRAVEL
NORTHLANDS, NORTHLANDS MALL OFF MAIN
NORTH ROAD...
ANY DELIVERIES PLEASE TAKE TO
TRAITEURS.
THANKS
ANNE & BETH
Six weeks later, viewing repairs to House of Travel, I would find a blue Aikmans Rd sign in a rubbish-bin on Aikmans Rd. People moved on. Some wanted quake-reminders, like the Moorhouse Ave stopped clock-face on the old station clock-tower. Some felt the stopped clock could be a tourist attraction. After mayor Parker restarted clock-faces, leaving one face stopped as a quake-reminder, the clock didn't keep good time.
14.09.10. Quake damaged ceiling, St Martins New World, Wilsons Rd, state of emergency. St Martins New World would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake, demolished & rebuilt
14.09.10. St Martins New World door, Wilsons Rd, state of emergency. St Martins New World would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake, demolished & rebuilt
14.09.10. Quake sign, St Martins New World, Wilsons Rd, state of emergency. St Martins New World would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake, demolished & rebuilt
Wilsons Rd: St Martins New World. White roof-panels fallen in supermarket, exposing electric-wires, air-ducts. Glass-door-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
NEW WORLD
St Martins New World would be trashed by the 22 February 2011 quake, demolished, rebuilt.
Waltham Rd: Paintball, Martial Arts, old two-storey, fallen brick-parapet, rubble on footpath, white-plastic-tape-cordon. Jake flatted in a small house with friends behind decrepit Martial Arts. We didn't know how dangerous that flat would be in future quakes.
14.09.10. Quake damaged Paintball & Martial Arts, Waltham Rd, state of emergency. Three months post quake this bldg was fenced, but no clean up nor repairs had happened. 5 months post quake, ditto. Bldg would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. Quake damaged parapet, Martial Arts, Waltham Rd, state of emergency. Three months post quake this bldg was fenced, but no clean up nor repairs had happened. 5 months post quake, ditto. Bldg would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
Lichfield St: John Burns, three-storey. Cars parked below were crushed by debris. Like old, brick-buildings I'd seen in Colombo St, Sydenham, John Burns brick-facade was separated from side walls. Quake-detached, brick-facades would be lethal in the 22 September 2011 quake, as the quake would topple more brick-facades, gables, parapets in the CBD. John Burns would be repaired, but was more damaged by the 22 February 2011 quake & demolished.
Poplar St: Old, brick-buildings, undamaged by the quake. Two years before the quake, Jake flatted at Poplar Mews. The three-storey, old, brick-building apalled me, as Jake & girlfriend flatted on the third-floor with inadequate fire-escape. I feared they'd be incinerated in a fire. Night-life was great, noisy bars below. Council was constructing a tram-line extension to go down Poplar St.
Christchurch City Council, green-sticker, Poplar Mews door:
Inspected [Bold Print]
No Restriction on Use or Occupancy
This facility was inspected pursuant to the Civil Defence Emergency Act 2002. Acting under the Authority of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller
[The building was inspected by two different inspectors, inspections dated: 5 September 2010 & 7 September 2010].
This building has received a brief inspection only. While no apparent [word underlined] structural or other safety hazards have been found, a more comprehensive inspection of the exterior and interior may reveal safety hazards
[Tick Boxes].
Exterior Only [ticked].
Exterior and Interior [not ticked].
Facility / Tenancy Name and Address
[5 Poplar Mews]
Please ensure the owners are advised of this notification. Owners are encouraged to obtain a detailed structural assessment of the building as soon as possible. Report any unsafe conditions to the Territorial Authority. Subsequent events causing damage may change this assessment. Re-inspections may be required. Secondary damage (partitions, windows, fittings and furnishings) may be hazardous. Electrical and mechanical equipment, gas connections, water supplies and sanitary facilities have not been inpsected
Do Not Remove this Placard. Placed on behalf of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Controller under the Authority of the Civil Defence Emergency Act 2002
The green-sticker recorded a quick, visual, exterior-inspection. By that time there were 1000s of green-stickers, yellow-stickers, red stickers on buildings all over Christchurch & nearby towns. The green-sticker inspection passed-the-buck to building-owners who then had to pay structu-al-engineers to do a proper inspection. Lolly-scramble for structural-engineers as 1000s of buildings needed inspections. After the 22 February 2011 quake the Royal Commission of Inquiry would castigate Christchurch City Council's sticker-inspections as confusing. On occasion I would see more than one inspection-sticker on a building: green-stickered & yellow-stickered! Why did Christchurch City Council use the vague word "event" wnen describing quakes?
Poplar St, brick-buildings survived the 4 September 2010 Darfield Quake, but would be trashed by the 22 February 2011 quake & demolished, 2012.
14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Two quake crushed cars, Lichfield St / Tuam St carpark, state of emergency
14.09.10. John Burns & Co cleaned up post quake, Lichfield St, state of emergency. John Burns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. John Burns & Co cleaned up, no quake rubble on Lichfield St pavement, state of emergency. John Burns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. John Burns & Co quake damaged parapet, Lichfield St, state of emergency. Brick facade separated from side wall. John Burns would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
14.09.10. State of emergency Tuam St N view, Poplar St, undamaged by the 04.09.10 quake. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012
14.09.10. State of emergency Ash St view, 3 storey, Poplar Mews, Poplar St, undamaged by the 04.09.10 quake. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012. Pre quakes, Jake flatted on the third floor. No fire escape
14.09.10. Green Sticker, Poplar Mews, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.10. State of emergency Poplar St sculpture & seats undamaged by the 04.09.10 quake. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012
14.09.10. Steel, orange, plastic, mesh cordon. Vespa Room undamaged by the 04.09.10 quake, Poplar St, state of emergency. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012
14.09.10. Vespa Room notice, lamp shade, Poplar St, state of emergency. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012
14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Pub signs, Poplar St, quake state of emergency. Poplar St would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished, 2012
14.09.10. Poplar St sculpture, pub, state of emergency. The bldg would survive the 2011 quakes as Dux Central
14.09.10. Poplar St view, pubs & Lichfield St, state of emergency. The white / beige bldg would survive the 2011 quakes as Dux Central. The rest of the bldgs would be demolished
Although Poplar St was undamaged by the 4 September 2010 quake, around the corner in Lichfield St several buildings were trashed. A car crushed by quake-toppled bricks from a multi-storey.
There was Council confusion in green-stickering & yellow-stickering of shops in the same brick-building. Some shops were yellow-stickered, no entry, like Nails Nails and Beauty Therapy, some shops were green-stickered, entry OK, like Sugar Sugar Hairdressing. Shoppers could enter a green-stickered shop with a yellow-stickered shop next-door in the same building! Muddled Council inspections would cause deaths in the 22 February 2011 quake: people in damaged buildings when the buildings should've been closed.
14.09.10. Quake state of emergency, yellow Hi-Vis jacketed, bldg inspector inspecting Poplar St bldgs. The white bldg survived the 2011 quakes, but the rest of the bldgs in the pic would be demolished post 2011 quakes
14.09.10. Poplar St signs, state of emergency. The bldgs would be demolished post 2011 quakes
14.09.10. Poplar St, E view, Tuam St, state of emergency. Post 2011 quakes, all Poplar St, brick bldgs in the pic would be demolished
14.09.10. Yellow stickered Nails Nails and Beauty Therapy, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Green stickered Sugar Sugar, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Yellow stickered shop window, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.12. Green stickered C1 window, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.10. C1 quake notice, Poplar St, state of emergency. Post 22.02.11 quake, C1 relocated to Tuam St outside the red zone cordon, then relocated to the old PO down the road, next to Alice in Videoland
Chalk-message on green-stickered, C1 wall:
C1 will be back soon.
Keep an eye on our
website & facebook.
We hope you & your
family are safe & well.
Post 22 February 2011 quake, C1 would relocate to nearby Tuam St outside the red-zone, then relocate to the old PO next to Alice in Videoland, Tuam St / High St.
14.09.10. Poplar St door, state of emergency
14.09.10. Green stickered Sushi, Poplar St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Poplar St doors & window, state of emergency
14.09.10. Yellow stickered door, Poplar St, state of emergency
I'd seen enough green-stickers, yellow-stickers, red-stickers on buildings over the last few days to wonder why Council engineers / CD building-inspectors were doing only exterior inspections? Poplar St was an example of rapid building-inspections, a short street in one CBD block, yet on the same old, brick-building there were either green-stickers or yellow-stickers, sometimes a green-sticker on one shop door, then a yellow-sticker next door. Days before, I'd seen the same confusion with a yellow-sticker and a green-sticker on the same glass-door by McKenzie Willis, St Asaph St
Pre-quakes, I was spooked when entering Poplar Mews, a fire-hazard, without fire-escapes. Poplar St was flanked by old, brick-buildings, not entirely steel-mesh-cordoned, despite some buildings being yellow-stickered. The only steel / orange-plastic-mesh-cordon was by a recently laid tram-line. Some CBD building-owners wouldn't bother to fence-off buildings, as Xmas holiday trade was imminent, business-as-usual. CBD public safety?
Citizens & tourists would be encouraged into the CBD despite shoddy-inspections of buildings. The 22 February 2011 quake would prove how incompetent building-inspections were, how greedy building-owners were, how complacent citizens were, despite visual evidence of detached brick- facades, fallen brick-parapets & brick-gables in the 4 September 2010 quake. Rapid-inspections by Council & engineers lulled public into a false-sense-of-security. I never heard any complaints about rapid-inspections & rapid-stickering of buildings post 4 September 2010 quake & 26 December 2010 quake.
Manchester St / Tuam St: I trekked Tuam St, past High St crossing & watched a trashed building in Manchester St being demolished. The demolition site would become a carpark.
High St: An orange, Hi-Vis vested workman on the roof of a three-storey building, inspected a brick side-wall & fallen parapet.
High St / Tuam St: Brick-shops, cordoned by orange / white-plastic-bollards, orange-shipping-container & steel-mesh-fence-cordon.
14.09.10. Tuam St view down High St, state of emergency. Background right: Hotel Grand Chancellor would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. Alice in Videoland left would survive 2011-2012 quakes & was the first High St shop to reopen in the red zone, Mar 2012. Post 2011 quakes, all high rises in the pic would be demolished. All bldgs on the right of the pic would be demolished too
14.09.10. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workman on a quake damaged roof, High St state of emergency. Hotel Grand Chancellor behind, would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
14.09.10. White / orange, plastic bollards, shipping container & steel mesh fence cordon. Quake damaged bldgs, High St / Tuam St, state of emergency. Shipping container cordon protected traffic from aftershock hazards
14.09.10. Quake damaged bldg, despite steel reinforcement, High St / Tuam St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon, orange, plastic bollards. Digger demolishing a quake damaged bldg, Manchester St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Digger demolishing a roof, Manchester St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Digger raking quake debris, Manchester St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Digger lifting a demolished roof truss, Manchester St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Digger bashing a roof truss, Manchester St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Almost completely demolished bldg, Manchester St, state of emergency
Tuam St: Trashed building: upper brick-walls ripped off, roof-trusses exposed. Brick-rubble behind a steel-mesh-fence-cordon, after a digger had cleared bricks from the road. That destruction happened to many old, brick-builings: bottom brick-walls OK, upper brick-walls fallen.
14.09.10. Brick rubble behind steel mesh fence cordon. Quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Tuam St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Left front of a quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Tuam St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Middle front of a quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Tuam St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Fallen brick gable exposing roof trusses, quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Tuam St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Right front of a quake trashed bldg (soon demolished) Tuam St, state of emergency
Manchester St: Meridian office, front-door area scaffolded, white-plastic-taped. I paid my electricity-bill.
14.09.10. Quake damaged Meridian entrance, Manchester St, state of emergency. Meridian bldg was damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
12.10.10. Letter from Meridian:
We've come through a month when we've all had to deal with some extraordinary challenges...
Our Manchester St Energy Centre was not spared damage and disruption from the big shake and this, coupled with large numbers of calls, has meant we're not always able to pick up the phone as quickly as we'd like...
In the meantime, we're extending the price freeze we've had in place this year for six months. And we'll continue to take a compassionate and flexible approach to those who find themselves in difficulty.
Main Nth Rd / Vagues Rd: St Joseph's Catholic Church. Brick-gable toppled onto a lower-roof, black-tarped. Bottom-window boarded. Debris in carpark, white-plastic-taped; orange-plastic-road-cone-cordoned. By 2017 St Joseph's Catholic Church would be demolished.
14.09.10. Quake damaged St Joseph's Catholic Church, Vagues Rd / Main Nth Rd, state of emergency. By 2017 St Joseph's Catholic Church would be demolished
14.09.10. Quake damaged St Joseph's Catholic Church with grey tarp, Vagues Rd / Main Nth Rd, state of emergency
14.09.10. Quake damaged St Joseph's Catholic Church, Main Nth Rd, state of emergency
Late afternoon I drove down Barbadoes St to fetch Luke at his building-site work.
Barbadoes St: Hi-Vis vested workmen on scaffolding repaired a brick-parapet on a two-storey, brick-building, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned.
14.09.10. Scaffolding, repairs to a brick parapet, Barbadoes St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Hi-Vis vested workmen repairing a brick parapet, Barbadoes St, state of emergency
Barbadoes St / Kilmore St: Steel-braced, unstable shop-wall, orange-plastic-road-cone-cordoned. Five months post-quake, the steel-bracing would still be there.
14.09.10. Steel bracing of unstable shop wall, Barbadoes St / Kilmore St, state of emergency. 5 months post quake, the bracing was still there.
Kilmore St: Red-stickered building, NO GO yellow, spray-painted on a grey, brick-wall.
14.09.10. Red stickered door, Kilmore St, state of emergency
14.09.10. NO GO quake damaged bldg, Kilmore St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Demolished bldg, St Asaph St / Barbadoes St, state of emergency. Green bldg would be demolished after Boxing Day aftershocks
Barbadoes St / St Asaph St: Rubble-heap, after demolition of a trashed, brick-building, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Rubble would lie on the corner demolition site for weeks. Christchurch CBD would soon be scarred with razed sites, some rubbled a long time, some soon cleared. Next door, green-building, yellow-stickered, DANGER KEEP OUT white, plastic-tape across door. Hand-written "Dojo closed" sign. Dojo building would be demolished post 26 December 2010 quake.
14.09.10. Steel mesh fence cordon. Demolition rubble, St Asaph St / Barbadoes St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Demolition rubble, St Asaph St / Barbadoes St, state of emergency. Christchurch Catholic Cathedral dome behind. Green bldg right would be demolished after Boxing Day quakes
14.09.10. Quake demolition site, St Asaph St / Barbadoes St, state of emergency. Green bldg would be demolished after Boxing Day quakes
14.09.10. Quake demolition debris, Barbadoes St / St Asaph St, state of emergency
14.09.10. DANGER! - KEEP OUT & quake door notice: "Dojo closed..." Barbadoes St, state of emergency
14.09.10. Christchurch Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, St Asaph St view, state of emergency. Twin towers would collapse & dome tower crack in the 22.02.11 quake. The RC cathedral would be part deconstructed while stacked, shipping containers stopped the front facade & side walls collapsing
Barbadoes St: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament / Christchurch Basilica. Before 4 September 2010 quake, Christchurch City Council paid for quake-reinforcements to Christchurch Basilica. As Christchurch Basilica was damaged during the M7.1, 4 September 2010 quake, it was closed for more quake-reinforcements. Aftershocks caused more damage to the twin-towers, which would collapse in the 22 February 2011, M6.3 quake.
For years thereafter, Christchurch Basilica would be steel-mesh-fence-cordoned & part-deconstructed, stone-by-stone: Dome removed by crane, stacked shipping-containers supporting the front-facade & transept-walls, stopping more collapse, while traffic rumbled by on Barbadoes St & St Asaph St.
*Trekked Rugby St, Papanui Rd, Wilsons Rd, Waltham Rd, Lichfield St, Poplar St, Tuam St, High St, Manchester St, Main Nth Rd, Barbadoes St, Kilmore St, St Asaph St. 74 snaps.
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National MP, Gerry Brownlee, ex-woodwork teacher, opines that people with liquefaction-damaged houses shouldn't make hasty decisions to leave, as that may reduce property-values & affect neighbours' property-values. Brownlee reckons new liquefaction-technology, bashing soil to compact it, then infilling the hole, used at Pegasus town development could save damaged-properties. 14 September 12.01pm.
Waltham Rd: Day 11. This morning, I saw the old Paintball & Mixed Martial Arts brick-building, behind Jake's present wooden-flat, 50m away. Corner-parapet of the old brick-building had collapsed into Waltham Rd. Jake & girlfriend fled in the night, during aftershocks, to her parents' home. Safer. 14 September 12.37pm.
@Sheila, Cherryn Paige. Another aftershock after midnight last night. Luke asleep. Leah felt it. I reckon another M5, lost count of them: rumbled, grumbled, shook & creaked our house. Cat sat up, looked wild, then relaxed & went back to sleep. We're getting used to aftershocks. Some people go on holiday for a quake-break. According to experts, aftershocks from the M7.1, 4 September 2010 quake will continue for weeks. 15 September 3.50pm.
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