[Post 22.02.11 Killer Quake, after 2 years of CERA's NZDF occupation & citizen bannings from Christchurch CBD, NZDF, red zone steel mesh fence cordons became a "safety fence." CERA then went into Kiwi blame shifting, like its boss, CERA minister Brownlee, who this week had berated Council for slow building consents, yet Brownlee's CERA had had 2 years to prepare CERA & Council for consents processing].
Once the owners have dealt with these issues, placement of the safety fence will be able to be reassessed. Owners and their engineers can access the area as required to complete the necessary works, but any reduction of the safety fence will rely on their efforts..."
CERA was blaming bldg owners for CERA's own occupation cordons. If the bldgs were so "dangerous," why wasn't CERA using its recovery powers to give owners a deadline, then demolish the "dangerous building" after the deadline passed? Bldg owners resisted CERA's offers for owners' Blueprint E Frame properties, which CERA wanted to recycle into parkland & housing (latest morph).
Since the 2010-2011 quakes, there were 2 military States of Emergencies, controlled by Civil Defence. CERA began its NZDF occupation of the CBD on 13.06.11, when one of the big quakes struck. CERA then demolished 100s of ghosts bound by CBD cordons.
Before CCDU's Blueprint E Frame evolved, over a year before there had been glimmerings of life, where even CERA had vouched for the reopening & rebuild of some pre quakes & post quakes bldgs: EPIC Innovation Centre, between St Asaph St & Tuam St; reopening of Alice in Videoland / CI Cafe, Tuam St / High St; reopening of Mainz, High St; reopening of Les Mills Gym, Cashel St; reopening of Calendar Girls, Hereford St; (2015. Calendar Girls would relocate to Victoria St opp Christchurch Casino); rebuild of Westende House, Manchester St / Worcester St. (By June 2015, CERA would want to demolish brand new Westende House for Manchester St widening for Blueprint E Frame bus routes).
Ratepayers' Share an Idea for a City in a Garden was Blueprinted by NZ National govt into taken Frame land, which would become parkland to improve core CBD land prices. Meanwhile NZ National govt / CERA offered peanuts to Blueprint Frame landowners for their CBD land.
Since CERA's latest Blueprint E Frame announcement, it was now possible to drive most Blueprint E Frame roads, as most of the roads between Manchester St & Madras St were open, except ROAD CLOSED, steel mesh fence cordoned Lichfield St & a bit of Bedford Row. Presently, there was nothing clean & green about the Blueprint E Frame, except for a grass "meadow" on a demolition site, Manchester St. The rest of the Blueprint E Frame were ghosts & vast, weedy, muddy, demotion sites from Oxford Tce to St Asaph St.
14.06.13. Latimer Hotel rebuild, Latimer Sq, renamed Rydges Hotel
Worcester St: I parked my car near Latimer Hotel rebuild, later renamed Rydges Hotel, to see the latest CERA opening of the Blueprint E Frame:
*Asterisk pics indicated Blueprint E Frame & S Frame sites.
Worcester St, Blueprint E Frame: Ghosts: The Christchurch Club & The Bicycle Thief & clinic (latter 2 would be demolished) were behind a steel mesh fence cordon. Vast demolition sites, both sides of Worcester St, stretched N to Gloucester St & S to Hereford St. 2021. New apartments were built on site both sides of Worcester St & The Christchurch Club. Apartments had already been built Madras St / Hereford St. Slow culmination of NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint idea: apartments lining the E side of E Frame / Rauora Park. The apartments were very expensive, unsuitable for families with kids: no gardens
Worcester St / Manchester St: View of cordoned Cathedral Junction & part reopened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel & associated demolition sites along Manchester St to Gloucester St. View of cordoned apse of Christ Church Cathedral ghost. There were diagonally opp cnr demolition sites. Westende House, post quake rebuild, Blueprint E Frame, stood stark reminder of CCDU's Blueprint stupidity, as it would soon be demolished. Diagonally opp cnr, tarped & steel braced Trinity Church / Octagon Restaurant ghost, awaited restoration. 2023. Trinity Church would still not be fully restored!
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Yellow digger. Blueprint E Frame, demolition site, Worcester St / Manchester St. Red zone, back of ruined Christ Church Cathedral beyond
*14.06.13. Tangled, steel rebars, yellow digger. Blueprint E Frame, demolition site, Worcester St / Manchester St
14.06.13. Orange, plastic, road fencing, steel mesh fence cordon. Steel braced, tarped, boarded, Octagon Restaurant (old Trinity Church) awaited restoration, Manchester St / Worcester St
Manchester St: Worcester St crossing, S to Hereford St crossing: Demolition sites & ghosts in Blueprint E Frame, E side of Manchester St & Blueprint core CBD, W side of Manchester St. 2022. A Williams Corporation ad board would tout Manchester Square development, incl expensive Apartments from $649,000 & Terraces from $849,000 & Commercial from $429,000.
Manchester St / Hereford St: Blueprint E Frame, Bradley Nuttal House demolition site.
Hereford St, Blueprint E Frame: Demolition sites both side of Hereford St, incl Liverpool St. Oaks Homestay Apartments ghost loomed above the lot. (Demolished 2015). Opp reopened Calendar Girls, Torrens House ghost was still steel mesh fence cordoned with many more broken windows since I'd last trekked by. Torrens House would be demolished.
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame demolition site, Manchester St / Hereford St. Abandoned bldg in core CBD right
*14.06.13. Hereford St / Liverpool St junction view, abandoned bldgs, demolition sites going across Cashel St & Lichfield St to Tuam St. Port Hills beyond. The bldgs would be demolished & replaced by Liverpool Terraces, 2019
14.06.13. Cardboard Cathedral left, Hereford St / Madras St left. *E Frame, reopened Calendar Girls, Hereford St right would be demolished for Liverpool Terrace apartments. Calendar Girls would relocate near Christchurch Casino
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Broken windows. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Torrens House, awaited demolition, Hereford St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, CTV demolition site, abandoned IR bldg, Cashel St left. Reopened Les Mills Gym right. IR bldg would survive the quakes too
Hereford St, Blueprint E Frame: S beyond Torrens House & Calendar Girls was a vast demolition site, including Arrow House demolition site, ending in reopened Les Mills Gym & CTV demolition site. Beyond loomed IRD ghost, Cashel St. Torrens House & Calendar Girls would be demolished, Calendar Girls relocating near Christchurch Casino. 2023. IRD ghost would still be closed.
Hereford St / Latimer Sq, Blueprint E Frame: Demolition site.
Hereford St / Madras St: Non E Frame, the Anglican Cardboard Cathedral was almost completed on St Johns demolition site, light amongst ghosts, NW of CCDU's Blueprint "stadium." Demolition sites & ghosts in CCDU's Blueprint stadium zone stretched S down Madras St to Tuam St.
14.06.13. Arrow House demolition site view, Anglican Cardboard Cathedral on St Johns demolition site, Madras St / Hereford St
14.06.13. Latimer Sq view, Anglican Cardboard Cathedral on St Johns demolition site, Hereford St / Madras St
Thus CCDU had not only killed off Blueprint E Frame rebuilds with its parkland idea, CCDU also wanted to take quake survivor bldgs E of Madras St & the Blueprint E Frame for its 35 000 seater, roofed stadium. CERA didn't say who'd pay for the stadium. NZ taxpayers would pay for all the CBD taken properties of course, incl Blueprint Frame properties & other CCDU Blueprint anchor sites, like Convention Centre / Te Pae, Performing Arts Precinct, Metro Sports Facility...
CERA didn't say who'd pay for construction of the Blueprint anchor projects. Thus Brownlee bullied Council to sell Council assets for construction of NZ National govt's Blueprint anchor projects. People fell for Brownlee's bullshit & berated mayor Parker, councillors & town clerk Marryatt. In 2012 there had been several public protests parroting incompetent Council themes.
The dictatorial CERA Act usurped many Council functions & Brownlee & ECAN stooge Dame Bazley did everything they could to embarrass Council, so that CERA could take over bldg consents with the dubious goal of speeding up rebuild consents. Fat hope, as CERA had proved to be extremely slow in land zoning, with zoning delays, zoning reviews & inability to sort out EQC & insurer delays.
Madras St / Cashel St, Blueprint E Frame: IRD ghost, S side. N side, CTV demolition site, where 115 people died in the CTV collapse, 22.02.11 Kiler Quake. Tributes hung on the steel mesh fence cordon, including a David Cohen poem.
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, CTV demolition site, Madras St / Cashel St. Abandoned IR bldg left, reopened Les Mills Gym right. Both bldgs would survive the quakes
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, CTV demolition site, steel mesh fence cordon tributes to 115 people killed in the CTV collapse, Madras St. Reopened Les Mills Gym behind
14.06.13. CTV demolition site view, Anglican Cardboard Cathedral on St Johns demolition site, Madras St / Hereford St
Diagonally opp cnr: 185 Empty Chairs memorial on St Pauls Trinity Pacific Presbyterian Church demolition site.
Blueprint E Frame, opp cnr: Steel mesh fence cordon removed, IRD ghost loomed above the lot, books strewn behind dusty windows in Book City below. By CTV steel mesh fence cordon, Council workmen resealed pavement asphalt after CERA's evacuation. As nothing had happened by the IRD ghost & CTV demolition site for over a year, why did CERA reseal pavements only after CERA removed cordon fencing?
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St view, CTV demolition site, Anglican Cardboard Cathedral on St Johns demolition site, Hereford St / Madras St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned IR bldg, Cashel St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Book City in IR bldg, Cashel St. Abandoned Oaks Homestay Apartments right would be demolished (2015) for Bedford Terraces & Bedford Apartments (2018)
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Book City, quake strewn books, Cashel St
W along Cashel St, Blueprint E Frame, opp reopened Les Mills Gym: Steel mesh fence cordon was removed by Divine Cafe ghost. Broken glass was strewn on Divine Cafe floors. Next door, Rapaki Properties ghost, piles of drink cans strewn on the floor.
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Divine Cafe, broken glass, Cashel St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Rapaki Properties, Cashel St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, quake strewn food, Rapaki Properties, Cashel St
Cashel St / Liverpool St junction: I saw N past demolition sites to Hereford St & S past ghosts & demolition sites across Lichfield St to Tuam St, a vast Blueprint E Frame wasteland. I saw rows of concrete drill holes & chipped concrete, showing rusty, steel rebars, on Oaks Homestay Apartment wall. (Demolished 2015, replaced by Bedford Terraces & Bedford Apartments, 2018). So far, the Blueprint E Frame was ghosts & weedy demolition sites.
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St view, weedy demolition sites, abandoned bldgs across Lichfield St to Tuam St. McKenzie Willis restoration beyond. Port Hills behind
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St view, abandoned, brick bldg, awaited demolition, Bedford Row
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St view along Liverpool St to abandoned Torrens House, awaiting demolition, Hereford St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Oaks Homestay Apartments (demolished 2015, replaced by Bedford Terraces & Bedford Apartments, 2018) Cashel St / Liverpool St junction
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Development House, Cashel St
*14.05.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Insignis House, Cashel St
Cashel St / Manchester St, Blueprint E Frame: One cnr, demolition sites all the way to cordoned Bedford Row. An orange, Hi-Vis vested workman stood on a ladder, fixing a traffic light. Opp cnr, Shooters ghost awaited demolition.
Across Manchester St in the core CBD I saw ghosts like WINZ, High St, All Seasons Hotel, Cashel St & piles of demolition rubble on Holiday Inn & Hotel Grand Chancellor demolition sites. A yellow, high reach digger was parked on a Manchester St demolition site near Te Wanaga Aotearoa, later refurbished as The Muse Art Hotel, palm trees on flat roof cnrs.
14.06.13. Orange, plastic, road cones, orange, plastic fence, steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St / Manchester view, core CBD, abandoned bldgs & yellow, high reach digger on demolition site. Abandoned Te Wanaga Aotearoa left (awaited refurbishing as The Muse Art Hotel, palm trees on flat roof cnrs). Abandoned WINZ, High St, behind digger.
14.06.13. NO ENTRY. GIVE WAY. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workman fixing traffic lights, Manchester St / Cashel St. Abandoned All Seasons Hotel, abandoned bldgs in core CBD behind
*14.06.13. White / orange, plastic bollards. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Shooters awaited demolition, Cashel St / Manchester St
*14.06.13. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Oaks Homestay Apartments (demolished 2015, replaced by Bedford Terraces & Bedford Apartments, 2018) Cashel St / Liverpool St. See silhouette of demolished bldg on side wall
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Cashel St demolition site view, quake trashed, brick bldg, awaited demolition, Bedford Row / Manchester St. Stacked shipping containers right stop facade falling onto Manchester St
Part cordoned Bedford Row, Blueprint E Frame: Demolition sites & ghosts all the way to IRD ghost, Madras St.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, quake trashed, brick bldg, awaited demolition, Bedford Row / Manchester St. Stacked shipping containers stop facade falling on Manchester St
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Manchester St view, demolition sites, abandoned bldgs, Bedford Row. Abandoned IR mid left
Manchester St / Lichfield St, Blueprint E Frame: Steel mesh fence cordoned, Majestic House ghost awaited demolition. Lichfield St was still steel mesh fence cordon closed.
Opp, Manchester St / High St, in the core CBD, a Leighs construction site, for Stranges rebuild, one of the few construction sites in CERA's core CBD.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, S view, Manchester St to Tuam St crossing. Abandoned Majestic House, awaited demolition, Manchester St / Lichfield St left
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Manchester St view, closed Lichfield St. Abandoned Majestic House left awaited demolition. Lichfield St was the divide between CERA's Blueprint E Frame & S Frame
14.06.13. *Blueprint E Frame, abandoned Majestic House awaited demolition right, Manchester St / High St / Lichfield St crossing. Abandoned Te Wanaga Aotearoa, core CBD left, awaited restoration as The Muse Art Hotel, palm trees on the flat roof
S down Manchester St to Tuam St, Blueprint E Frame: Cordoned Lichfield St, ghosts & demolition sites along Manchester St, High St & around Poplar St. A ghost zone. Lichfield St was the divide between Blueprint E Frame & Blueprint S Frame.
Poplar St, off High St, Blueprint S Frame: There was little left of Poplar St, pre quakes a vibrant restaurant, pub & boutique shopping area. I took pics on Poplar Mews demolition site, where Jake had pre quakes flatted. Opp were 2 quake survivor bldgs, ghost gastro pub, which would reopen as Dux Central, 2015. Behind a steel mesh fence cordon were ghosts, like CF Cotter & Co, High St, others on Ash St going to Madras St demolition sites. CERA had cordoned all ghosts, surrounded by demolition sites.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Poplar St demolition sites view, abandoned bldgs: CF Cotter & Co, High St left. E Frame, Majestic House awaited demolition right, Lichfield St
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Poplar St demolition sites view, reopened CI Cafe / Alice in Videoland (old PO) Tuam St left, abandoned CF Cotter & Co, High St right
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint Poplar St / Ash St junction view, S Frame abandoned bldgs. View of abandoned Lichfield St at end of Poplar St. Cordoned gastro pub reopened as Dux Central Sept 2015
*14.06.13. Blueprint S Frame, abandoned, gastro pub (reopened as Dux Central Sept 2015) Poplar St / Ash St
High St: One side were quake survivors Mainz & CI Cafe / Alice in Videoland. Across Tuam St was McKenzie Willis, undergoing restoration. Next door was a fire razed ghost, burnt rubble strewn across cordoned High St. Across High St was quake survivor CPIT Fashion School.
Ash St ruins, Blueprint S Frame: I trekked past weedy, steel mesh fence cordoned demolition sites, filled with broken brick walls, rubble, a decapitated roof, wood & iron salvage, to Madras St. One of the demo sites, bordered by Ash St, Poplar St, Tuam St, would become 5 storey, Vodafone HQ, opened 2016, beside new Vanguard Sq.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Ash St abandoned bldgs. Front gastro pub reopened as Dux Central, Sept 2015. Behind bldg would be demolished for Lichfield St multi-storey carpark, opened Nov 2017
*14.06.13. Blueprint S Frame, Ash St, S view, Tuam St demolition sites & Tuam St / High St crossing. Reopened CPIT Fashion School left, fire razed, High St bldg middle, McKenzie Willis facade restoration right. Demo site by the orange shipping container would become Vodafone HQ, 5 storey bldg, opened 2016, beside new Vanguard Sq
*14.06.13. Blueprint S Frame, Ash St view, Tuam St demolition sites, McKenzie Willis facade restoration
*14.06.13. Blueprint S Frame, Ash St demolition sites view, Tuam St / High St bldgs: Reopened CPIT Fashion School left, fire razed, High St bldg middle, restoration of McKenzie Willis facade right
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Tuam St view, salvage by Ash St, abandoned bldgs
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Madras St view, Ash St, abandoned bldgs
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame, Madras St view, quake rubble, abandoned bldgs nr Ash St
Madras St: Reopened NG Gallery did business, but CCDU wanted NG Gallery for its Blueprint stadium on Turners & Growers site. NG Gallery would survive next to a part demolished ruin, Madras St / Lichfield St. The Crown owned ruin would rot there for years, an eyesore, still ruined, 2020. 2021. A decision would be made to relocate NG Building N up Madras St next to the Anglican Cardboard Cathedral. 2022. NG Gallery owners would rethink & demolish NG Gallery.
14.06.13. NG Gallery, Madras St, on CCDU's Blueprint stadium site
14.06.13. Concrete blocks, steel mesh fence cordon. Crown owned, part demolished bldg next to NG Gallery, Madras St / Lichfield St. 2020 the ruin would still be there, an eyesore. Only in 2021 would a decision be made to relocate NG Bldg, N up Madras St next to the Anglican Cardboard Cathedral, to make space for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Stadium. 2022. NG Gallery owners would change their minds & demolish NG Gallery
*14.06.13. ROAD CLOSED. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint S Frame left, E Frame right. Madras St view, closed Lichfield St, abandoned bldgs
Bedford Row: Part cordoned. I trekked W, past IRD ghost & more ghosts to see steel mesh fence cordoned, brick ruins near Manchester St. After 2 years, CERA still hadn't demolished those dangerous, unreinforced brick bldgs. Many unreinforced brick bldgs had collapsed in the quakes, causing so much grief. The blue, brick bldg had upper storey chunks chomped from it by quakes, black plastic fluttered off its Manchester St facade, protected by 3 layers of shipping containers. Another unreinforced, brick bldg, upper storey walls stripped off by quakes, was supported by wooden bracing. The brick ghosts would be demolished for NZ National govt's / CERA's E Frame / Rauora Park.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Madras St / Bedford Row, abandoned bldgs, awaiting demolitions
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, abandoned amgagency, awaiting demolition, Bedford Row
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Bedford Row view, demolition sites, abandoned bldgs, closed Lichfield St. The bldgs would be demolished for Lichfield St multi-storey carpark, opened Nov 2017
Last month CERA boss Sutton & CCDU boss Isaacs went on overseas business trips, at taxpayers' expense. Never mind CERA doing little about housing repairs & rebuilds. Meanwhile, Sutton contemplated saving some red zone housing as monuments!
N off Bedford Row I saw demolition sites & ghosts to Hereford St. S I saw demolition sites & ghosts to Lichfield St & Tuam St. Ghost zone. Those Blueprint E Frame lands would need years to become Rauora Park & expensive apartments.
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Bedford Row S view, past demolition sites & abandoned bldgs, past closed Lichfield St to open Tuam St. The abandoned bldgs would be demolished. McKenzie Willis facade restoration middle, Tuam St
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Bedford Row S view, past demolition sites & closed Lichfield St abandoned bldg to Tuam St / High St. McKenzie Willis facade restoration & abandoned CF Cotter & Co middle, reopened CI Cafe / Alice in Videoland (old PO) right
*14.06.13. NO EXIT. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Bedford Row abandoned, brick bldgs behind abandoned Majestic House, awaited demolition
*14.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Blueprint E Frame, Bedford Row N view across a demolition site to Cashel St, then along Liverpool St to Hereford St. Abandoned Oaks Homestay Apartments left (demolished 2015) abandoned Torrens House awaited demolition middle, reopened Les Mills Gym carpark on demolition site right
CERA with all its recovery powers had dropped the ball regarding CBD recovery. Little had visibly happened regarding CCDU's Blueprint since it was trumpeted a year before. There was Watermark fiddling with Avon River bank by Antigua Boatsheds: boardwalk, low concrete wall constructions & riverside paths revamped. Public feedback requested: a waste of money.
14.06.13. Anglican Cardboard Cathedral, built on concrete foundations & shipping container supports, Madras St / Hereford St
In June, CERA boasted about removing its strangling, NZDF cordons in the CBD. That wasn't true, as there were many bldgs still steel mesh fence cordoned in CCDU's "rebuild" zone. Some roads were useable, but potholed. The Blueprint E Frame so far was CCDU dreaming, as nothing concrete had evolved in the Blueprint E Frame, no rebuilds, no housing, no parklands. Like the rest of CCDU's Blueprint, just a year of propaganda about anchor projects, while demolitions & few rebuilds occurred in the CBD. Demolitions would continue for years in the Blueprint E Frame & Blueprint S Frame, zombie zones, before any rebuild occurred.
*Trekked Latimer Sq, Manchester St, Hereford St, Madras St, Cashel St, Poplar St, Ash St. 87 images.
Reckoning: Thurs 27.06.13. PM Key announced who would pay for what regarding CCDU's Blueprint anchor projects, including the Crown paying for the Convention Centre / Te Pae & Blueprint Frame. Public Frame land would later be transferred to Council. However one looked at the Blueprint Frame, it was a NZ National govt take, paid for by taxpayers & ratepayers. Costs for the rest of the Blueprint anchor projects would be shared by the Crown, Council & private sector.
CERA's 27.06.13 media release, Brownlee: "We're talking today about an investment of $4.8 billion - $2.9 billion of it coming from the Crown [Taxpayers] and $1.9 billion committed by the Christchurch City Council..." (Ratepayers).
Roads & underground pipes infrastructure, Brownlee: "We now believe that will cost a combined $2.9 billion - $1.8 billion being the best estimate of the Crown's likely contribution and $1.1 billion being the Council's share..."
NZ National govt's disaster capitalism in the CBD cordon: NZ National govt forced its Blueprint precincts on Council, wanting Council to sell its capital assets to pay for NZ National govt's Blueprint anchor projects. Never mind NZ National govt's take of residential red zone land. CERA didn't mention NZ National govt's private asset takes with many transfers of privately owned, CBD land to Crown land: Blueprint Frame take, Blueprint Stadium take, Blueprint Convention Centre take, Blueprint Metro Sports Facility take, Blueprint Justice & Emergency Services take, Blueprint Health Precinct take, Blueprint Ngai Tahu Cultural Centre take, all in the former CBD, the Hagley Oval take by NZ cricket, all overseen by NZ National govt / CERA. Taxpayers paid for NZ National govt takes in Christchurch CBD, while Council did nothing about it. Even Cathedral Grammar School tried to take some of Council owned Chester St West for the school's exclusive ownership, using CERA emergency powers of course.
Brownlee continued: "New time lines & designs for projects will be announced progressively over coming months giving impetus to private sector developers as the public sector's vision of the CBD becomes clearer." (My emphasis). So much for citizens' City in a Garden.
TVNZ One News 17.07.13. CCDU boss Isaacs announced that the CTV site was purchased by the Crown & was included in the Blueprint E Frame. It was where muiti-storey CTV collapsed & burned, killing 115 people in the 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
See Second inner city area of rebuild zone cordon removed 14 June 2013 (CERA media release).
See Red zone homes may stay as memorials (The Press / Stuff Co).
See Anchor projects bill totals $4.8 billion (The Press / Stuff Co).
See Crown & Council agree recovery costs 27 June 2013 (CERA media release).
See Bitterness at CCDU valuations (The Press / Stuff Co).
See Westende House demolition terrible waste - Lianne Dalziel (The Press / Stuff Co).
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