07.06.13. CBD cordon, NZDF corporal's note, Colombo St / Kilmore St
A half truth, as I'd stood on that crossing on 15.08.11 during a snow storm, taking ghost pics: Town Hall & Crowne Plaza Hotel before the latter was demolished. The corporal didn't know that & the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon then went diagonally across the crossing & several bldgs had been demolished N along Colombo St & E along Kilmore St towards Manchester St crossing & were replaced by glassy Forte Health rebuild. Never mind the NZDF checkpoint while that rebuild occurred.
07.06.13. Orange, Hi-Vis vested, NZDF cordon corporal leaving the CBD cordon, Colombo St / Kilmore St. Forte Health rebuild behind
The truth was that Kilmore St between Colombo St crossing & Manchester St crossing had been red zone cordoned ever since the 22.02.11 Killer Quake, citizens banned.
As CERA was busy opening a NW niche of the red zone, CBD cordon, I'd parked my car at Cambridge Tce by Manchester St Bridge. Across Avon River, below poplars, ACC was demolished, a pile of rubble, ready for the Margaret Mahy Family Playground to be built. Two and a half years later, Dec 2015, the Margaret Mahy Family Playground would be opened for the public, months before CERA disestablished in April 2016. So much for CERA's recovery.
I trekked a circuit of the red zone, reopening, NE CBD:
Manchester St Bridge: A W view of Avon River, recently demolished BNZ & Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel ghost awaiting repairs. More ghosts: Copthorne Hotel, Victoria Square flats, Craigs House awaited demolitions. Behind a steel mesh fence cordon, an orange digger picked over BNZ remains by a heap of tangled, steel rebars.
I trekked reopened Armagh St, steel mesh fence cordoned both sides, past reopened New Regent St to Victoria Sq.
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon, white / orange, plastic bollards. Armagh St view, reopened New Regent St. Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel behind
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Armagh St view, BNZ demolition site, abandoned Copthorne Hotel awaited demolition, Victoria Sq
07.06.13. Tangled, steel rebars, BNZ demolition site, Armagh St
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Armagh St view, Victoria Sq, abandoned bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Victoria Square flats left behind, Copthorne Hotel right awaited demolitions. The latter for the new RC Cathedral precinct
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange digger, BNZ demolition site, Armagh St
Armagh St: I looked across steel mesh fence cordoned, demolition sites to Gloucester St & ghosts around Christ Church Cathedral ghost.
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Five cranes, 1 digger. Armagh St view, Isaac Theatre Royal flies, being restored, demolition sites to Gloucester St & Cathedral Sq ghosts, l to r: Heritage Hotel, repaired Novotel, Christ Church Cathedral, Camelot Hotel awaiting demolition for Central Library / Turanga rebuild
Armagh St: Avon River seepage had flooded PWC demolition site basement, concrete columns stuck up above the flooded basement, tangled, steel rebars on top. A rubble truck reversed across the road. Bank ghosts, PSIS & ANZ were opp PWC demolition site. Art prints in a photography ghost had lain on the floor for over 2 years since the 22.02.11 Killer Quake. Above, a tangled blind hung in a broken window. USAR / TF graffiti was scrawled on another window glass. CLEAR meant no bodies.
2019. The flooded PWC basement & tangled, steel rebarred, concrete columns would become a nesting site for rare, black-billed gulls. Dec 2019. RC bishop Martin would announce that the PWC demo site & neighbouring demo sites towards Victoria Sq & Town Hall would become a new RC Cathedral, school & carpark. July 2021. Black-billed gulls gone. PWC basement was drained, 2 diggers demolished concrete columns in PWC basement. 2022-23. Black-billed gulls back, roosting on carpark shingle next to PWC demo site.
07.06.13. TRUCKS CROSSING. Steel mesh fence cordon. Avon River flooding in PWC demolition site basement, Armagh St
07.06.13. TRUCKS CROSSING. Armagh St, E view, abandoned bldgs, except reopened New Regent St right
07.06.13. Isaac Theatre Royal restoration left, abandoned PSIS / ANZ, Armagh St
07.06.13. We're Gold, photography / print shop, abandoned since the 22.02.11 quake, Armagh St
07.06.13. Quake trashed, window blind, Armagh St
07.06.13. USAR / TF graffiti, Armagh St. CLEAR meant no bodies
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, road cone cordon. Victoria Sq, abandoned bldgs, Armagh St / Colombo St: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Abandoned National Bank / Isaac House middle, awaited new neighbour, Convention Centre / Te Pae. Victoria Square flats beyond awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CCDU's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, road cone cordon. Armagh St / Colombo St view, abandoned bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Abandoned Rydges Hotel middle. Central Library low middle awaiting demolition for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae. Abandoned National Bank / Isaac House right awaited new neighbour, Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13 Orange, plastic, road cone cordon. Abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel awaited repairs, Colombo St / Armagh St
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Colombo St view, red zone, abandoned Copthorne Hotel middle awaited demolition, Victoria Sq. Abandoned Ernst & Young right awaited demolition, Cambridge Tce
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange, plastic, road cone cordon. Armagh St / Colombo St crossing, E view, demolition sites, abandoned bldgs, Armagh St. Left of Armagh St would be the site for the new RC Cathedral precinct
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, road cone cordon. Colombo St / Armagh St crossing, S view, abandoned bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Camelot Hotel left behind awaited demolition for Central Library / Turanga rebuild. Ruined Christ Church Cathedral middle awaited reinstatement. National Bank / Isaac House right awaited new Convention Centre / Te Pae neighbour
07.06.13. Colombo St / Armagh St crossing, S view, red zone Cathedral Sq, NZDF checkpoint: abandoned Camelot Hotel left awaited demolition for Central Library / Turanga rebuild. Ruined Christ Church Cathedral middle awaited reinstatement. Chalice sculpture right survived the quakes
07.06.13. Abandoned National Bank / Isaac House, Colombo St / Armagh St, awaited new Convention Centre / Te Pae neighbour
Armagh St / Colombo St: I stood in the middle of Colombo St, between ghosts: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel & National Bank / Isaac House for the first time since the 22.02.11 Killer Quake. N beyond a steel mesh fence cordon across Colombo St, blocking Victoria Sq (Craigs House demolition in progress) stood Copthorne Hotel ghost awaiting demolition. 2018-21. The new Convention Centre / Te Pae would be built next to Isaac House.
Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel ghost was a mess with black, boarded, cordon fencing & threat signs:
SEVERE FALL
HAZARD
DO NOT ENTER
Reckoning: Due to non build of CCDU's Blueprint, anchor projects, so far, NZ National govt / CCDU slowed hotel business around Cathedral Sq. Pity all those Cathedral Sq hotels didn't offer to build the Convention Centre / Te Pae, as they would all gain business once the Convention Centre / Te Pae was built. NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae would be corporate welfare, paid by taxpayers. Example of Disaster Capitalism.
Standing below Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel ghost I was spooked again, haunted over the last 3 quake years. And CERA's Blueprint had planned that the Performing Arts Precinct would be bordered by massive bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel, new Convention Centre / Te Pae, new Central Library / Turanga. Thus CERA's Blueprint, Performing Arts Precinct would be in the fall zone of tall bldgs, should a future quake strike!
Colombo St: I stood on opened Farmers demolition site & took ghost pics: demolition scarred backside of National Bank / Isaac House & Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel. Below, more demolition sites in the Blueprint Performing Arts Precinct extended to Isaac Theatre Royal restoration. Lonely Ghost: Blue Pearl Gallery Fine Jewellery, awaited demolition for the Performing Arts Precinct, its roof covered with a white tarp & surrounded by demolition sites, both sides of Colombo St.
07.06.13. Colombo St view, Farmers demolition site to abandoned Provincial Chambers. Other abandoned bldgs: Central Library left, Craigs House, Victoria Square flats, middle right awaited demolitions for NZ National govt's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Farmers demolition site view, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel Colombo St / Armagh St
From Colombo St, I looked at Gloucester St demolition sites, like Gloucester Arcade ghost to part repaired Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel ghost, The Press rebuild, repaired Novotel & Camelot Hotel ghost awaiting demolition for Central Library / Turanga rebuild, all looming above Gloucester St.
07.06.13. One orange digger, 3 cranes. Colombo St foreground view, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left, Blue Pearl Gallery middle, Camelot Hotel awaiting demolition right for Central Library / Turanga rebuild. Behind: Repaired Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left, The Press rebuild middle, repaired Novotel
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Colombo St E view, red zone bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left, Isaac Theatre Royal flies middle. Blue Pearl Gallery right, awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Performing Arts Precinct
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, abandoned Blue Pearl Gallery, awaited demolition, Colombo St, for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Performing Arts Precinct. Repaired Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel, The Press rebuild right
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. One orange digger, 3 cranes. Colombo St view, demolition sites & Gloucester St bldgs: Isaac Theatre Royal restoration left, repaired Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel, The Press rebuild middle, repaired Novotel right
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Three cranes. Colombo St / Gloucester St view, repaired Novotel left, abandoned Camelot Hotel right awaiting demolition for Central Library / Turanga rebuild
07.06.13. Farmers demolition site, Colombo St / Gloucester St view, abandoned bldgs: Government Life left awaited demolition, Rydges Hotel middle, old Central Library right awaited demolition for NZ National Govt's / CCDU's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
Colombo St / Gloucester St crossing: NO PUBLIC ACCESS. Same old NZDF checkpoint blocking access to Christ Church Cathedral ghost, Camelot Hotel ghost & repaired Novotel. A recently opened, steel mesh fence cordoned path went across the NW corner of Cathedral Sq, past Government Life ghost, awaiting demolition & Rydges Hotel ghost to Worcester St Bridge.
07.06.13. NO PUBLIC ACCESS. Orange, plastic, road cones, steel mesh fence cordon. Cathedral Sq, NZDF checkpoint, Colombo St / Gloucester St crossing. Ruined Christ Church Cathedral & Chalice beyond
Gloucester St: I trekked W, past weedy, steel mesh fence cordoned ghosts: Chancery Ln Arcade & Central Library awaiting demolitions. The ground floor of Central Library was gutted, ready for demolition for NZ National govt's / CCDUs' Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae on all those demolition sites by Oxford Tce & Gloucester St, between Victoria Sq & Cathedral Sq. Taxpayers would pay for the Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae. But who would pay annual operating costs for Te Pae?
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, fence cordon. 30 km/h speed limit sign. Gloucester St, E view, Isaac Theatre Royal restoration left, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel right
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, fence cordon, steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St, W view, abandoned Chancery Lane Arcade left, abandoned Central Library right. Both bldgs would be demolished by CERA for NZ National govt's / CCDU's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St view, weedy, abandoned, Chancery Lane Arcade, awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CCDU's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Oxford Tce view, abandoned Central Library, awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CCDU's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
Reckoning: An appointed ECAN & elected Council tiff: ECAN's dame Bazley, a NZ National govt stooge, slagged off Council for not building an ECAN bus stop at Northlands Mall by 3 Dec 2012. Never mind locals not being consulted by dictatorial ECAN. Mayor Parker apologised & blamed an employee who'd left Council.
Meanwhile, town clerk Marryatt, who'd under-insured Council assets with Civic Assurance, (he was Civic Assurance's board chairman, huge conflict of interest) had a secret Council meeting (public banned) claiming that Civic Assurance was under arbitration regarding Council's insured assets & by having a public meeting he'd jeopardize Council's insurance settlement for quake trashed assets. Marryatt had wriggled out of asset insurance responsibility by delegating asset insurance matters to a subordinate. Marryatt took a $500 000+ salary without insurance responsibility. Never mind increased board fees expected. (Weekend Press June 8-9, 2013).
Inept CERA: CERA owed Council $500K (The Star June 7, 2013) while berating Council for not selling assets to pay for CCDU's Blueprint anchor projects. CERA minister Brownlee used every opportunity to berate Council, like moaning about slow repairs of Council housing.
Port Hills farce: CERA had green zoned housing, while Council had red stickered 51 green zoned houses, stopping citizens living in their sound homes. (The Press 07.06.13). Council's excuse: rock fall danger, whereas CERA's computer model deemed rock fall danger minimal. (Weekend Press June 8-9, 2013). Thus home owners were stuck between Council & CERA.
NZ govt stooges, ECAN & CERA belittled Council. Example 12.06.13: One News reported that CERA minister Brownlee was dissatisfied by Council's slow processing of building consents & said the consents processing may be removed from Council. Pot calling kettle, as CERA was slow with residential zoning after many delays & CERA's residential zoning reviews still weren't completed more than 2 years post 22.02.11 Killer Quake. Never mind CERA allowing EQC & insurers to delay home rebuilds & repairs. Yet Brownlee thought EQC did a good job.
CERA's greater Christchurch Recovery Update, Issue 22 June 2013, gave the following projections for IAG insurer's rebuilds / repairs:
2013: 1646
2014: 1127
Projected total rebuilds / Repairs: 2773
Reckoning: IAG would keep 2773 households waiting for 3-4 years post 22.02.11 Killer Quake before it even did house rebuilds or repairs. Why did IAG delay so long to do rebuilds / repairs within 2 years post 22.02.11 Killer Quake? Imagine the suffering and anguish to householders. Never mind years of paying rates & insurances on broken houses & rent costs while IAG dithered. Why did PM Key, CERA minister Brownlee & CERA boss Sutton not sort out IAG soon post 22.02.11 Killer Quake? NZ National govt's / CERA's laissez faire attitude to slow insurers allowed insurers to delay claimants' settlements for years.
According to CERA: "IAG trades under the NZI, AMI** and State Insurance brands, and underwrites general insurance business for ASB, BNZ and the Co-operative Bank.
**AMI's earthquake claims are managed by Southern Response."
IAG wasn't the only slow insurer messing homeowners around with lengthy delays.
Regarding residential red zone clearances (CERA's word choice) CERA's Update boasted:
"The pace of residential red zone property clearances is now really gaining momentum. More than 2 000 demolitions are complete and CERA is on target to finish another 1 000 by the end of September 2013...
Brownlee said: "We can now put more effort into speeding up the clearance process. It's important these areas are made safe, kept tidy and are maintained until a future use of the wider red zone is decided."... [Ignored a citizens' petition to parliament for an Avon River Otakaro Park].
"Of the 7 414 residential red zone properties eligible for an offer, 7 090 have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with the Crown (as at 28 May 2013)."
NZ National govt thus protected slow insurers & took over 7 000 residential red zone properties & stayed mum about what it would do with all the residential red zone land. NZ National govt / CERA took residential red zone properties, thus increasing govt assets, yet NZ National govt wanted to sell other public assets too.
Oxford Tce: I looked across steel mesh fence cordoned, Farmers demolition site, between Central Library ghost & Craigs House ghost, to all the ghosts & half repaired, half restored bldgs along Gloucester St, to part reopened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel hoping, like Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel to attract tourists again.
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Oxford Tce view across Farmers demolition site to abandoned / restored / repaired / rebuilt bldgs along Colombo St & Gloucester St. From l to r: Craigs House awaited demolition; Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel awaited repairs; Isaac Theatre Royal restored; Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel repaired; The Press rebuild; Novotel repaired; Camelot Hotel awaited demo for new Central Library / Turanga; old Central Library awaited demo for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange digger. Craigs House demolition in progress left, Oxford Tce / Armagh St. Abandoned Victoria Square flats behind awaited demolition. Both would be demolished for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae. Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right awaited repairs
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Craigs House demolition in progress, Oxford Tce / Armagh St, for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
Victoria Sq: In the demolition process, Craigs House had more blue windows broken, since I'd passed on Wednesday & piles of aluminium & broken glass were strewn below Craigs House, Oxford Tce side. Below Craigs House, two gardeners in orange, Hi-Vis vests dug a marigold flower bed by Armagh St Bridge. Except for me & the gardeners, Victoria Sq was empty.
07.06.13. Crane. Victoria Sq view, Craigs House demolition in progress, Armagh St / Oxford Tce. Abandoned Victoria Square flats left awaited demolition for NZ National govt's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Victoria Sq view, Queen Victoria, Boer War statue, abandoned bldgs: Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left. National Bank / Isaac House right awaited new neighbour, Convention Centre / Te Pae
I trekked past Pallet Pavilion & The Arcades on Crowne Plaza Hotel demolition site to Kilmore St, which was steel mesh fence cordon closed for over a year by Town Hall ghost. Only CERA could tell why that section of Kilmore St was closed for over a year, as nothing went on there behind NZDF cordon fences.
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. E view, Kilmore St, abandoned bldgs. Town Hall right awaited restoration
07.06.13. Kilmore St view, The Arcades, Pallet Pavilion, Crowne Plaza Hotel demolition site. Abandoned Spicers behind awaited demolition, Durham St Nth, for new lawyers' offices
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Kilmore St view, The Arcades, Crowne Plaza Hotel demolition site. Court House, Durham St Nth behind
07.06.13. Kilmore St view, The Arcades, Pallet Pavilion, Crowne Plaza Hotel demolition site. Abandoned Town Hall, Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left; abandoned Victoria Square flats awaited demolition middle, Court House right
07.06.13. Kilmore St view, Gap Filler temp office, The Arcades, Crowne Plaza Hotel demolition site. Abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Victoria Square flats middle awaited demolition
Kilmore St: Opp Town Hall ghost, 2 more ghosts, USAR / TF graffiti on doors. The old Convention Centre demolition site sprouted construction storage opp Peterborough St Central Library. 2021. Plans would be made for hotel, shops & offices to be built on the old Convention Centre site.
07.08.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Abandoned bldg, USAR / TF graffiti, Kilmore St
07.06.13. Kilmore St view, construction storage, old Convention Centre demolition site, opp post quake Central Library, Peterborough St. A decade hence, hotel, shops & offices would be built on the old Convention Centre site
Kilmore St / Colombo St crossing by Town Hall ghost: By Colombo St, steel mesh fence cordon, a flurry of orange, Hi-Vis vested, CERA workmen were busy with a crane truck & a ROAD MARKING truck. That was where I met the happy, NZDF corporal. Glassy, 3 storey Forte Health on Kilmore St was almost completed.
The Press 17.06.13. CERA minister Brownlee announced Town Hall should be demolished in favour of a Performing Arts precinct, off Gloucester St. But Brownlee didn't say where all the actors, singers, dancers, musicians & directors would come from. Wishful thinking by Brownlee, as two years later, June 2015, new mayor Dalziel & her Council would confirm the previous Council's decision to repair / restore Town Hall. Better to use insurance money to repair Town Hall, than do an expensive rebuild. But Council hadn't a clue what the insurance pay out would be!
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Abandoned Town Hall awaited repairs, Kilmore St
07.06.13. ROAD MARKING truck, reopened Kilmore St / Colombo St. Part reopened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left. Abandoned Copthorne Hotel awaited demolition middle. Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel awaited repairs middle behind. Town Hall awaited repairs right
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange, Hi-Vis vested CERA workers, reopening of Colombo St / Kilmore St. Part reopened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left. Abandoned Copthorne Hotel awaited demolition middle for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel awaited repairs right
07.06.13. PASS WITH CARE. White, crane truck, orange, Hi-Vis vested, CERA workmen. Abandoned Town Hall awaited repairs, Kilmore St / Colombo St
07.06.13. White, crane truck, reopened Kilmore St / Colombo St. Abandoned Ernst & Young awaited demolition right, Cambridge Tce
07.06.13. Orange, plastic, road cones, green portaloo, steel mesh fence cordon, orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen, Forte Health rebuild, Colombo St / Kilmore St
07.06.13. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen. Kilmore St / Colombo St view, abandoned Town Hall awaited repairs left
Cambridge Tce: For the first time since the 22.02.11 Killer Quake, I trekked past muddy demolition sites & Ernst & Young ghost, awaiting demolition. I snapped Colombo St Bridge & Town Hall ghost, both still steel mesh fence cordoned. The CBD skyline, seen from Avon River true left bank, was completely changed since the quakes & CERA meddling, after all the demolitions: Tall Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left, smaller high rises middle, like Novotel & Millenium Hotel / Distinction Hotel dwarfing Christ Church Cathedral ghost & tall Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right.
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, demolition sites, Forte Health rebuild, Kilmore St
07.06.13. Abandoned Ernst & Young, awaited demolition, Cambridge Tce
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, closed Colombo St Bridge, abandoned Town Hall awaited repairs
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, part opened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left. Abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel middle awaited repairs. Copthorne Hotel middle awaited demolition. Abandoned Victoria Square flats right awaited demolition
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, Oxford Tce, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Copthorne Hotel right awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, abandoned Oxford Tce. Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel behind awaited repairs
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, Oxford Tce. Behind: The Press rebuild, Isaac Theatre Royal restoration left, repaired Novotel, ruined Christ Church Cathedral, abandoned Camelot Hotel awaited demolition middle, abandoned PSIS / ANZ, Armagh St right
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, Avon River, BNZ demolition site. Behind: Part opened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel middle, The Press rebuild, Isaac Theatre Royal restoration, Heritage Hotel right
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Cambridge Tce view, BNZ demolition site. Behind: Part opened Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel middle, The Press rebuild right
07.06.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Abandoned Ernst & Young, awaited demolition, Cambridge Tce
07.06.13. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen removing part of the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon, Cambridge Tce. Behind: Abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Copthorne Hotel awaited demolition middle. Abandoned Town Hall right awaited repairs
By Ernst & Young ghost, I trekked past 3 orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen in hard hats removing part of the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon by the PGC demolition site, where 18 people died in the 22.02.11 Killer Quake, when PGC collapsed. I looked across the grassy PGC site, across recently grassed CERA "meadows" (CERA demolition sites) to Kilmore St / Manchester St crossing & St Lukes Anglican Church demolition site. All that was left was the white, wooden, bell tower.
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, grassy PGC demolition site towards Kilmore St / Manchester St crossing & St Lukes Anglican Church demolition site
07.06.13. Cambridge Tce view, grassy demolition sites to St Lukes Anglican Church demolition site & quake survivor bell tower
Behind a steel mesh fence cordon by Retour Restaurant, demolition site & decapitated, copper dome, 2 workmen in orange, Hi-Vis vests sledge-hammered a stake into the ground on Avon River bank. No oil pollution that day. (2020-21. Edmonds Band Rotunda would be restored, copper dome on top).
07.06.13. Orange, Hi-Vis vested workmen sledge-hammering a stake, Retour Restaurant demolition site, Cambridge Tce / Manchester St. Abandoned Luneys behind, awaited demolition for NZ govt's / CERA's Blueprint Margaret Mahy Family Playground, Manchester St
*Trekked Kilmore St, Armagh St, Colombo St, Gloucester St, Oxford Tce, Cambridge Tce. 108 images.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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