09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, quake cracked, house wall, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Wood braced, quake tilted, house wall, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Wood braced, quake tilted, house wall, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be more damaged by the 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, Linwood Community bldg, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Linwood Community bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake, but would be restored
09.02.11. Under The Red Verandah restaurant, undamaged by the Sept 4 quake, Worcester St / Tancred St. Bldg & back bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake. Main restaurant bldg would be demolished
09.02.11. Under The Red Verandah restaurant, undamaged by the Sept 4 quake, Tancred St / Worcester St. Bldg would be damaged by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Side parapet collapsed into next door shop, quake damaged bldgs, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Right bldg would be severely damaged by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake, facade leaning forward & side wall peeled off. Bldgs would be demolished
09.02.11. Side parapet collapsed into next door shop, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Shop window view, next door parapet collapsed into shop, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Next door side parapet collapsed into shop, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Christchurch CBD east focus. Hereford St: I wanted to see 4 September 2010 damage & Boxing Day 2010 damage, by trekking an inner-city circuit: Hereford St, Stanmore Rd, Worcester St to Latimer Sq, Madras St, detouring along Lichfield St & Barbadoes St back to Hereford St. My circuit passed shabby, old, damaged houses & newer, upmarket houses, undamaged, especially in Hereford St & Worcester St.
09.02.11. Damaged, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned buildings, Stanmore Rd / Worcester St, five months post 4 September 2010 quake. Buildings would be ruined by the 22 February 2011 quake, & demolished. Two people would die in Wicks Fish during that quake
09.02.11. Damaged buildings, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned walkway in street, Stanmore Rd / Worcester St, five months post 4 September 2010 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. 2 people would die in Wicks Fish during that quake
09.02.11. Signs, steel mesh fence cordon, quake damaged bldg, Worcester St / Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. 2 people would die in Wicks Fish during that quake
09.02.11. Wicks Fish, Cultural Festival signs, steel mesh fence cordon, Worcester St / Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. 2 people would die in Wicks Fish during that quake
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon, N view, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Red stickered, closed Visions, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Hibbards Butchery, relocation sign, steel mesh fence cordon, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Dairy relocation sign, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon, S view, Stanmore Rd to Worcester St & Port Hills, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
We knew sections of Stanmore Rd & Worcester St well: In the mornings, after I dropped Luke off at Sullivan Ave tech, I drove Stanmore Rd / Worcester St crossing, badly damaged by the 4 September 2010 quake, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, closed, relocated shops. Off Stanmore Rd, Leah taught at Jean Seabrook Memorial School, London St.
Worcester St / Stanmore Rd crossing: Steel-mesh-fence-cordon sign:
MULTI CULTURAL
FESTIVAL
LINWOOD COMMUNITY
ARTS CENTRE
DORIS LUSK
RESERVE
SATURDAY
FEB 19th
Examples of shop-relocation, business-as-usual signs on the steel-mesh-fence-cordon:
HIBBARDS BUTCHERY
NOW OPEN
387 WORCESTER
CHEMIST
OPEN
WICKS FISH LTD
FRESH AND
SMOKED FISH
Many of the ruined-shops were steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. East side of the crossing, two-storey, Whiteware & Furniture, side-wall, brick-parapet toppled into a one-storey shop with collapsed-roof. West side of the crossing, one-storey Wicks Fish continued business-as-usual, a neighbour's two-storey $4 Shop also open, but tarped for months, a side-wall, brick-parapet teetering over Wicks Fish. Yet, after Council & EQC inspections, business continued in Wicks Fish & next-door $4 Shop & Lakes Chemist, despite the parapet-collapse-warning down the road. Two people would be killed by the 22 February 2011 quake in Wicks Fish. No one in Council nor EQC would be held responsible for inspections between 4 September 2010 quake & 22 February 2011 quake.
But a public Memorial-Service in Hagley Park would invite prince William Windsor, with media hype about heroes, firemen, USAR / TF & cops. Later, a Royal Commission-of-Inquiry & a Coroner's-Inquest would inform grieving families about thir dead loved ones.
Council would construct a Memorial-Cemetery for unfound-victims (crushed, incinerated) in Avonhead Cemetery, walking distance from our Burnside home. For two years post 22 February 2011 quake, there would be annual memorial-services, photo-ops for local & NZ government politicians, National & Labour. It would be six years before a permanent Memorial-Wall for 22 February 2011 quake victims would be constructed beside Avon River by Montreal St Bridge.
Worcester St / Tancred St: Jake worked at Under The Red Verandah restaurant. In 22 February 2011 quake, an Under The Red Verandah building would collapse next to Jake. Further down Worcester St, two people would be killed by the 22 February 2011 collapsed Wicks Fish. Why did authorities dither about demolitions post 4 September 2010 quake?
Stanmore Rd: Both roadsides, several old, brick, two-storey ruins & ruined-shops, steel-mesh-cordoned, like The Argonaut. Opposite side of the street, two-storey, brick, side-wall collapsed, ruined-shops steel-mesh-fence-cordoned.
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, The Argonaut, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. The Argonaut would collapse in the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & would be demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, relocated Visions, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordons, quake damaged bldgs obstructing traffic, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon, S view, Stanmore Rd, more steel mesh fence cordoned bldgs, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh cordoned, quake damaged bldgs, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, quake damaged bldgs, brick, side wall collapsed, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, brick, side wall collapsed, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3 magnitude, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Mind the gap! Steel mesh fence cordoned, quake damaged bldgs, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, quake damaged bldg causing Visions & Hibbards Butchery relocations, Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. $4 Shop & Lakes Chemists open, despite quake damaged bldg & tarps, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. Two people would be killed by the 22.02.11 quake in Wicks Fish, when a side wall, brick parapet collapsed onto Wicks Fish roof
09.02.11. Worcester St, E view, quake damaged, roof tarped shop & steel mesh fence cordon on Stanmore Rd, 5 months post Sept quake. Bldgs would be trashed by the M6.3, 22.02.11 quake & demolished. Two people would be killed by the 22.02.11 quake in Wicks Fish
Worcester St: "Are you here about the earthquake?" asked a grey-haired woman, while I coolpixed her damaged house. She was peeved, waiting more than five months post 4 September 2010 quake for an insurance-assessor to assess her house. Nearby were several damaged, one-storey / two-storey, weatherboard houses, some being repaired. Others were trashed, either uninsured, or awaiting slow repairs. One wooden house had shattered, brick-chimneys both sides of the iron-roof. The chimneys had teetered for five months. Another house-chimney was black-plastic-wrapped. A two-storey, wooden-house: its brick-chimney was separated from the wall.
Worcester St / Fitzgerald Ave: One-storey Avenue Dairy open. One-storey Hair City closed, steel-mesh-cordoned.
Across Fitzgerald Ave, Worcester St: Another two-storey house: its brick-parapet was black-plastic-wrapped. Semi-detached, two-storey wooden-houses: they were wood-boarded / braced & had a brick-firewall. A one-storey house had a cracked sidewall & a cracked brick-parapet.
09.02.11. Quake damaged roof, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimney, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Tarped, quake damaged chimney, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Black plastic wrapped, quake damaged chimney, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Brick chimney, quake separated from wooden, house wall, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Brick chimney, quake separated from wooden, house wall, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, closed Hair City, next to open Avenue Dairy, Worcester St / Fitzgerald Ave, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Both shops would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Black plastic covered, brick parapet damage, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimneys, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Steel / wood braced house, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11 Quake damaged, house wall, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged, house wall & pedestrians, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
Worcester St / Barbadoes St: Steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, Two-storey, semi-detached, wooden-house: tiled-roof, two chimneys gone. Roof- trusses exposed. Repairs done to the back of the house. Side-wall scaffolded. Next-door, two more two-storey wooden-houses: chimneys gone, iron-roofs patched, brick-parapet gone.
09.02.11. Quake damaged roof, Worcester St / Barbadoes St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Wooden house repair, Barbadoes St / Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon signs, quake damaged houses, Worcester St / Barbadoes St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11. quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged roof, scaffolded wooden house, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Scaffolded house would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged roofs & brick parapet, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged roof, brick parapet, Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake demolition site, Worcester St / Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Hotel Grand Chancellor beyond Latimer Sq would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. Grand Central Building would rise on site
09.02.11. Quake demolition site, Latimer Sq / Worcester St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
Worcester St / Latimer Sq: An empty demolition-site, part steel-fence-cordoned.
Hereford St / Madras St: Steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, St Johns Anglican Church ruin had a patched-roof. The greystone, belfry-tower was kaput. Greystone, rubble-heaps were everywhere. Weeds, leaves & overgrown grass were everywhere. North transept gable & rose-window was boarded. Greystone nave: north green-door, red-stickered, gable-stones fallen. Nave west wall: steel-braced, Madras St side. (St Johns would be trashed by the 22 February 2011 quake & demolished. Shigaru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site). Steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, next door brick-ruin: roof-boarded, brick-gable toppled. Post 22 February 2011 quake, the brick-ruin would be demolished for the Cardboard Cathedral.
09.02.11. Quake damaged, roof patched, St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Roof patches & quake damaged belfry tower, St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. N transept, boarded window & gable, St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Quake damaged, St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon, red stickered N door, fallen gable stones St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel braced, nave W wall, St Johns Anglican Church, Latimer Sq, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Madras St view, steel braced, nave W wall, St Johns Anglican Church, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel braced, nave W wall, St Johns Anglican Church, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Johns would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, St Johns Anglican Church bldg, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned & roof patched St Johns Anglican Church bldg, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned & roof patched St Johns Anglican Church bldg, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. The bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake. The Cardboard Cathedral would be built on site
Madras St: I trekked past Arrow House & CTV multi-storey, not knowing CTV would collapse & burn in the 22 February 2011 quake, killing 115 people. CTV & Arrow House would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake. 2019. Liverpool Terraces would rise on Arrow House demo-site.
Madras St / Cashel St crossing: Diagonally opposite CTV, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church ruin was scaffolded, being repaired. One dome was black-plastic-tarped. St Pauls would be trashed by the 22 February 2011 quake & demolished.
09.02.11. Fence cordoned, scaffolded, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church, Madras St / Cashel St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Pauls would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Fence cordoned, scaffolded, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church, Cashel St / Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Pauls would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Fence cordon entrance to scaffolded, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church, Cashel St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Pauls would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Fence cordoned, scaffolded, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. St Pauls would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
Madras St / Bedford Row: Serial-damaged, old-brick-stable ruin. The old-brick-stable would be more damaged by the 22 February 2011 quake. Heritage-hailers would want to save the old-brick-stable, seven months post 22 February 2011 quake, despite 115 people killed a block away in the collapsed CTV. The old-brick-stable would be demolished.
09.02.11. Roof tarped, quake damaged, old stable, Madras St / Bedford Row, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Old, brick stable would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Madras St, N view, scaffolded, St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church, 5 months post Sept 4 Killer Quake. St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
Madras St / Lichfield St: Apex car rentals ruin: steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Apex car rentals would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake.
09.02.11. Madras St / Lichfield St crossing, S view, steel mesh fence cordoned, apex car rentals, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Apex car rentals would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Lichfield St: Three-storey, John Burns & Co ruin: steel-mesh-fence-cordoned, obstructed traffic. John Burns would be demolished post 22 February 2011 quake.
09.02.11. Roof tarped, quake damaged brick bldg, Madras St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordon obstructing traffic, quake damaged John Burns & Co, Lichfield St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. John Burns bldg would be demolished post 22.02.11 quake
Barbadoes St / Cashel St: Three-storey, Provincial Hotel ruin, scaffolded, steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. Provincial Hotel would be trashed by the 22 February 2011 quake & demolished.
09.02.11. Back yard view, damaged, steel mesh fence cordoned, scaffolded, Provincial Hotel, Barbadoes St, 5 months post 4 Sept quake. Provincial Hotel would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, scaffolded Provincial Hotel, Barbadoes St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Provincial Hotel would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
09.02.11. Steel mesh fence cordoned, scaffolded Provincial Hotel, Barbadoes St / Cashel St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake. Provincial Hotel would be trashed by the 22.02.11 quake & demolished
During my circuit, five months post 4 September 2010 quake, I saw many collapsed walls, collapsed parapets, crushed roofs; patch-repaired roads & buildings; damaged, tarped-chimneys; patched-roofs after chimney-demolitions; tarped-roofs; walls-braced by wood, or steel, or both; boarded- roofs, boarded-walls, boarded-windows; demolition-sites; rubble; closed-shops; scaffolded-buildings; fence-cordoned buildings; obstructed pedestrian & vehicle traffic.
Hereford St: Tilted power-pole. Several damaged brick-chimneys, one clear-plastic-wrapped, awaiting demolition on house roofs. Two- storey house: wood-braced, brick parapet.
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimneys, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimneys, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
The Press, 09.02.11, EQC report:
"As at yesterday, EQC had completed or was close to completing assessments for 60 percent of all claims and had paid out just over $700 million."
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimney, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
"And claims continue to be lodged at a rate of hundreds a day. We have received 1 209 additional claims since last Friday, most for damage from the Boxing Day aftershock."
09.02.11. Quake damaged chimney, Hereford St, 5 months post Set 4 quake
"Even so, we are on track to complete all assessments by late March. [Rebuilding would take much longer. EQC's own deadline for the 20 January Aftershock was 20 April!] We have 250 teams in the field at present working 6 days a week and we are confident that we will get through the claims by then. A team comprises a loss adjuster and an estimator working in tandem." [EQC's loss adjusters had only three days' training!]
09.02.11. Quake tilted, power pole, quake bent house, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
"Our project manager, Fletcher Construction, has the repair of properties with damage in the around $10 000 to $100 000 bracket well underway. In the coming months EQC and Fletchers will be concentrating on houses with weather tightness issues and those that have lost their sole source of heating. We need to ensure all claimants with building damage go into winter with a property that is warm and dry." [Wishful thinking].
09.02.11. Clear, plastic wrapped chimney, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
09.02.11. Quake damaged houses, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
"EQC's total exposures i.e. the combination of contents, building and land claims is 244 089. What we list as a single claim may very well compose sub-claims for contents, buildings and land, [total 178 454 claims at 8 February] each of which tend to be dealt with separately."
09.02.11. Wood braced, brick parapet, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
"It is similar with payments. Often a single claim will require multiple payments [& time gobbling bumbling]. To date we have made a total of 112 099 payments at a total of $700 million. Given that we estimate the final cost to us as somewhere between $2.5 billion and $3.5 billion, there is obviously a long way to go."
09.02.11. Kiwihouse backpacker hostel & roof repair, Hereford St, 5 months post Sept 4 quake
EQC's reported stats showed EQC had 39 031 claims completed out of a total 178 454 claims at 8 February Therefore only 21.87% claims were completed by 8 February. More than five months post-quake, I saw few rebuilds during my trekking around quaked Christchurch.
10.02.11. Thursday 4.16pm, M4.0 aftershock, 9km depth, 20km W of Christchurch. (GeoNet). It grumbled & shuddered while I drank my afternoon tea. Spooked our cat, ears back, fled our lounge.
The Press, 11.02.11, reported that since the 4 September 2010 quake there'd been over 10 000 aftershocks with a cumulative three hours' shaking. Over the past week, MP Brownlee, mayor Parker & others jabbered that rebuilding Christchurch's & Lyttelton's damaged infrastructure & rehabilitating damaged land would take a long time.
The 10 000 aftershocks tally was moot, as a year later the 10 000 quakes total would still be quoted. Never mind 1 000s of quakes in between.
No-one took responsibility for planning & building pre-quake infrastructure & buildings by shores, rivers, estuaries, lakes, swamps, springs, where massive destruction happened. Although a scheme was planned to build underground dams consisting of wooden & concrete piles, against future liquefaction damage, there were no guarantees the dams would work. One of the first bits of damage I'd seen during 4 September 2010 was a wooden power-pole snapped at ground level on Grahams Rd. Never mind wooden-pile failures at Lyttelton Harbour wharfs.
*Trekked Hereford St, Stanmore Rd, Worcester St, Latimer Sq, Madras St, Lichfield St, Barbadoes St. 82 snaps.
Coda:
Post 22 February 2011 quake: Although Insurers received earthquake premiums for years when there were no earthquakes, Insurers were reluctant to insure when earthquakes / aftershocks happened. Many years post 22 February 2011, building-owners would still battle EQC & insurers for settlements. Example: The Press article 14.12.22 reviewed court battles between Oxford Tce, multi-storey Rydges Hotel owner & insurer about refurbishing vacant Rydges Hotel, the vacant retail shops & the vacant parking garage below, abandoned on the western edge of Cathedral Sq for over a decade.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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