Killer Quake. Cranmer Centre Demolition, Christchurch CBD

Cranmer Centre focus. 14.04.11. National State of Emergency. Post Feb 22, M6.3 Killer Quake, Christchurch CD had an expanding list of demolished bldgs & bldgs needing demolitions, hundreds of bldgs.



14.04.11. Feb 22 quake, DANGER DEMOLITION IN PROGRESS NO ENTRY threat sign, Cranmer Centre, steel mesh fence cordon, Montreal St, zone 1, national state of emergency

Post Feb 22 killer Quake, whenever I trekked Christchurch I saw new demolition sites & bldgs being demolished. CD used demolition excavators, diggers, cranes, front end loaders, clawed machines to rip bldgs apart. CD lackeys, NZDF soldiers, cops, kept owners & public away from bldgs being demolished behind steel mesh fence cordons. The National State of Emergency was used to prevent owners & public from stopping demolitions. For public safety of course.


14.04.11. Two orange diggers demolishing Cranmer centre. Feb 22 quake, Montreal St / Armagh St, zone 1, national state of emergency

14.04.11.Montreal St: Trekked from zone 4 into zone 1, snapped 2 orange diggers demolishing old, brick, Cranmer Centre ghost, damaged by the Sept 4 Darfield Quake, trashed by the Feb 22 Killer Quake. A digger produced clouds of dust, making a rubble heap. Fearing asbestos dust, brick dust, cement dust, I didn't stay long.

Why didn't demolishers wet rubble to stop dust? Never mind HAZARD to demolition operators & locals. Regarding demolition dust, I would often see demolishers' slackness for public & worker health & safety.


14.04.11. Steel mesh fence cordon. Feb 22 quake, yellow crane demolition of Cranmer Centre, Armagh St / Montreal St, zone 1, national state of emergency


14.04.11. Steel mesh fence cordon. Feb 22 quake, yellow crane, Cranmer Centre facade, Armagh St, would be demolished after Montreal St side was demolished, zone 1, national state of emergency


14.04.11. Steel mesh fence cordon. Feb 22 quake, demolition of Cranmer Centre, Montreal St facade, zone 1, national state of emergency










Cranmer Centre, steel mesh fence cordon, threat signs:

    DANGER
DEMOLITION
IN PROGRESS
   NO ENTRY

  QUAKE
 REPAIRS
KEEP OUT















Later, Armagh St section of Cranmer Centre would be demolished too. The demolition site would become a carpark for a Christ Church Cathedral office.

*Trekked Montreal St. 28 snaps.

Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.