Killer Quake. Soleares Ave, Port Hills, House Demolition

Soleares Ave, demolition focus. 21.05.11. Three months post 22.02.11, M6.3 Killer Quake, I trekked a bit of Mt Pleasant suburb, Port Hills. At the bottom of Solares Ave Ave a small group witnessed a house demolition by a yellow digger. A house on the hill above displayed a NZ flag on the balcony. Nearby were 8 damaged houses above a collapsed road cutting. All across the valley from Soleares Ave to Mt Pleasant Rd, damaged, boarded, part-repaired houses were seen.


21.05.11. Feb 22 quake, yellow digger demolishes a house, Soleares Ave, Mt Pleasant



















21.05.11. Feb 22 quake, NZ flag on a house balcony, above a Soleares Ave house demolition





21.05.11. Feb 22 quake, relocation junk & Council rubbish bins, Soleares Ave

At the end of the demolition site stood 3 Council rubbish bins & demolition junk, like wooden drawers, cabinets, metal... Since the quakes I'd seen tons of roadside, demolition junk on pavements, after homeowners & business owners had abandoned their properties. EXTREME DANGER was signified by all the junk, demolition rubble, roadside rubble, household & business possessions abandoned on properties & roadsides.


21.05.11. Feb 22 quake, Mt Pleasant Rd view, house demolition, Soleares Ave

*Trekked Soleares Ave. 24 snaps.

Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.