Land Zoning & Gloucester St focus. Fri 18.05.12. Although CERA minister, Brownlee had announced the long awaited green zoning of 42 Port Hills properties, 1 679 were still white zoned. More waiting.
19.05.12. 30 km/h speed limit. Latimer Sq / Gloucester St view, CBD red zone demolition sites, some high rises still to be demolished. The demo sites would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Yellow digger. Latimer Sq view, quake demolition site below quake closed Newstalk ZB, awaiting implosion, 01.08.12. The demo sites would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St red zone, quake demolition site view, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel. The demo site would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauroa Park
19.05.12. Gloucester St view, quake demolition site, abandoned red zone bldgs beyond Worcester St. The demo site would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Gloucester St / Manchester St view, quake demolition site & abandoned Newstalk ZB, awaiting implosion 01.08.12. The demo site would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Gloucester St / Manchester St view of quake demolition site & red zone abandoned bldgs beyond Worcester St. The demo site would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St / Manchester St, NW view, quake demolition site & red zone, abandoned bldgs. PWC high rise, demolition in progress left. BNZ awaited demolition behind right. Red YHA bldg would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Red zone, abandoned carpark, Gloucester St / Manchester St. The carpark would be demolished enabling CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Quake smashed, carpark windows, Manchester St / Gloucester St
19.05.12. ROAD CLOSED. Orange, plastic, road cones, steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, abandoned, Orion utility bldg, Manchester St. Orion utility would survive the quakes. The rest of the bldgs would be demolished enabling Margaret Mahy Family Playground
19.05.12. ROAD CLOSED. Orange, plastic, road cones, steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St / Manchester St crossing, N view along Manchester St red zone. YHA bldg left, Orion utility right would survive the quakes. Rest of the bldgs would be demolished
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St / Manchester St crossing view, quake demolition site & red zone abandoned YHA bldg, which would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Photo call, Manchester St / Gloucester St crossing. Backdrop: quake demolition sites & red zone, abandoned bldgs beyond Worcester St
CERA zonings: After waiting many months, Southshore estuary-side, residential properties were red zoned & Southshore dune-side, residential properties were zoned green-blue, TC3. Luke's girlfriend lived by South New Brighton School near those zonings, which would cause heartache & hassles for many. How on earth did Tonkin & Taylor / CERA deem one side of a road red zone & the other side green zone?
NZ National govt / CERA red zoned land along Avon River & Avon River / Heathcote Estuary to boot out citizens with 2007 RV offers. (By 2016, CERA would've disbanded & morphed into Regeneration Christchurch, which dithered about what to do with red zone land, taken by NZ National govt).
And who / what was checking NZ National govt / CERA appointed Tonkin & Taylor engineering firm, responsible for all the land zonings? Tonkin & Taylor deemed land red zone, then NZ National govt / CERA land-grabbed residential land by means of 2 CERA offers & land owners were booted out of their properties by NZ National govt decree. Initially the excuse for NZ National govt's / CERA's red zone, land-grab was that quakes had caused land to drop & damaged land & infrastructure was too expensive to repair.
19.05.12. Orange, plastic, road cones, steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, quake closed, Sampan House, Gloucester St. Sampan House would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Red zone, quake closed, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel Gloucester St. Pacific Tower was restored, survived the quakes
19.05.12. Red zone, quake closed, Cathedral Junction, Gloucester St. Cathedral Junction was restored, survived the quakes
19.05.12. Red zone, quake cracked, W wall, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel Gloucester St. Pacific Tower was restored, survived the quakes
Weekend Press, 19-20.05.12: CERA had concocted 7 256 residential red zone properties, so far, forcing 1 000s of families to leave, restarting their lives elsewhere.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Abandoned, photocopy machine, red zone, quake abandoned, Antiques shop, Gloucester St. The shop would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint Performing Arts Precinct
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Yellow digger, red zone, quake demolition site, Gloucester St. PWC high rise beyond, demolition in progress, enabling the new RC Cathedral precinct
After more liquefactions in Parkland East by Xmas Quake Swarm, 2011, CERA minister Brownlee crushed hopes for a rezoning to red zone, when green-blue TC3 zoners in Parklands East stayed green-blue TC3. Green-blue TC3 zoners being rezoned red zone would've enabled them to either accept a Crown offer for their red zone property, or negotiate rebuild or repair with insurers, a relatively quick solution for red zoners to rebuild their trashed lives. Instead Brownlee doomed 28 000 TC3 green zoners to limbo-land, awaiting EQC & insurer delays for years.
Any houses rebuilt on TC3 land would need strengthened, quake-proof foundations, at huge cost. Insurers didn't want to insure TC3 properties, as their liquefaction prone land was crap, requiring stronger house foundations, which hadn't even been designed yet by geotech engineers. Geotech engineers were actually responsible for red zoning & blue-green TC3 zoning in the first place, thus TC3 green zonings gave engineers expedient design work for life.
By concocting residential TC3 green zonings, CERA, Brownlee & geotech engineers created a state of uncertainty for 28 000 TC3 green zoners. Who wanted to buy a TC3 green zone house?
After New Year honours were announced, EQC website would 18.01.13 crow: "Four Tonkin and Taylor geotech engineers had been recognized in the New Year honours for their work with the government and EQC and commitment to communities following Canterbury earthquakes." Bet no TC3 green zoners would cheer those expedient awards!
19.05.12. Red zone, abandoned shops, Gloucester St, bordering a demolition site
2011: Parklands East had 3 liquefactions in Feb 22, June 13 & Xmas Quake Swarm & stayed green blue TC3, yet Brooklands was liquefactioned only once in the Sept 4 Darfield Quake & was red zone wiped out. CERA expedience, as there wasn't enough NZ National govt money to buy out 28 000 TC3 green zone houses, converted to red zone houses. At least red zoners could cash up from a NZ National govt / CERA buyout, or insurer payout & get on with new lives. TC3 green zoners would have to go through huge expense strengthening their house foundations before resale. And engineers didn't know what stronger foundations to construct on TC3 green zone land yet!
19.05.12. Red zone, quake closed shops, Gloucester St / New Regent St, awaiting restoration
19.05.12. NO ENTRY. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St, N view, red zone, quake closed shops, New Regent St, awaited restoration. PWC high rise left being demolished. BNZ middle / right awaited demolition
Parklands East & Southshore green-blue TC3s were doomed to land & house repairs, battles with insurers & rebuilders, lowered equity, poor resales & the threat of more liquefactions on quakemired land. While speculators licked their paws, wanting to buy cheap, fix & charge inflated rents. (The Press 21.05.12)
19.05.12. The Press, post Feb 22 quake rebuild, Gloucester St
Sat 19.05.12. After hogging the red zone CBD for more than a year, CERA opened another demolition dusty niche in the CBD: from Latimer Sq, W along demolition gapped Gloucester St, past Manchester St crossing, past a demolition site, with parked, yellow digger & rebars, twisted like spaghetti, past Sampan House, past wall-cracked, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel past Cathedral Junction & red zone, steel mesh fence cordoned, New Regent St, awaiting restoration, past The Press rebuild, opposite Isaac Theatre Royal, covered in restoration scaffolding, where the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon stopped access to the CBD.
Along the way, demolitions bordered Latimer Sq, Manchester St, Gloucester St, the latter gapped the CBD red zone into N & S red zones. Demo sites east of Manchester St to Latimer Sq & Madras St would enable CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park.
19.05.12. Orange, plastic bollard, steel mesh fence cordon. Scaffolded Isaac Theatre Royal restoration, E view, red zone Gloucester St
19.05.12. Orange, plastic bollard, steel mesh fence cordon. Post quake, scaffolded, Isaac Theatre Royal restoration, Gloucester St
19.05.12. Orange, plastic bollard, steel mesh fence cordon. Scaffolded, post quake Isaac Theatre Royal restoration, Gloucester St. PWC high rise behind, demolition in progress, enabling the new RC Cathedral precinct
All CBD bldgs I saw that afternoon were ghosts since the Feb 22 Killer Quake, 15 month before. CERA had slowly loosened its grip on the CBD, red zone cordon, while bldgs rotted.
Meanwhile councillors, hard-hatted contractors, cops, NZDF soldiers, some celebrities, clerics, media photographers were allowed by CERA into the red zone CBD. The public were given optional bus tours from Cranmer Sq into the CBD & a couple of optional, supervised walks from Cashel Mall to see Christ Church Cathedral ghost. Otherwise citizens would be banned from the red zone CBD for 28 months post 22.02.11 Killer Quake. Christchurch, red zone CBD: total lockdown, 28 months, by NZ National govt / CERA.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St, NW view, red zone, high rises, Forsyth Barr left, PWC right, demolition in progress, for the new RC Cathedral precinct opp Victoria Sq. Forsyth Barr would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St, quake demolition site view, abandoned Forsyth Barr, which would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel
NW in the red zone, Forsyth Barr, PWC, other high-rises stood amongst more demolition gaps. PWC would be demolished. Forsyth Barr would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel.
19.05.12. Gloucester St, W view, red zone, demolition site & quake closed bldgs: Farmers right awaited demolition. Camelot Hotel left would be demolished, enabling new Central Library, Turanga. All bldgs in the pic would be demolished
19.05.12. Post quake Novotel repairs left. All other bldgs in the pic would be demolished by CERA
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St view, red zone Novotel being restored
19.05.12. Gloucester St view of red zone, quake damaged, concrete stairs, Novotel
Cars could drive W down Gloucester St to the gap between The Press bldg & red zone, steel mesh fence cordoned Novotel, being restored. The gap extended S from Gloucester St to Worcester St, on The Press demolition site, Warners Hotel demolition site, other demolition sites at the N end of Cathedral Sq.
19.05.12. Gloucester St, demolition site, S view, abandoned bldgs in red zone beyond Worcester St - Government Departmental Building / Heritage Hotel & Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel. Both hotels would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Gloucester St, demolition site, SW view, red zone, abandoned Government Departmental Building / Heritage Hotel & Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel Worcester St left & middle, Novotel right being restored
19.05.12. The Press / Warners Hotel, demolition site, W view, quake ruined, Christ Church Cathedral left, abandoned high rises, Cathedral Sq. High rises, Clarendon Tower, Grant Thornton, Government Life would be demolished
19.05.12. Cyclist, 2 cranes. The Press / Warners Hotel, demolition site, W view, demolition doomed, red zone Clarendon Tower left, Grant Thornton middle, Government Life right, Cathedral Sq. The 3 high rises would be demolished
19.02.12. Stacked shipping container cordon. Steel mesh fence cordon. The Press / Warners Hotel, demolition site, W view, red zone, quake ruined, Christ Church Cathedral left, abandoned high rises, Cathedral Sq. Clarendon Tower, Grant Thornton, Government Life would be demolished, Novotel right restored
19.05.12. The Press / Warners Hotel, demolition site, NW view, red zone, Novotel left being restored. Abandoned Forsyth Barr right would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel
From the gap I saw the back of ruined, Christ Church Cathedral, all sorry apse, chancel, transept, crumbling buttresses, boarded windows, cordoned by 2 layers of shipping containers. Ghosts around Cathedral Sq: Clarendon Tower, Grant Thornton, Government Life (Christchurch's ugliest, snot-green bldg) were demolition doomed. CERA would demolish & bury 1 000s of commercial & residential buildings. While ghosts were demolished around Cathedral Sq, other CBD high-rises awaited demolitions too. But Heritage hailers squealed about saving Christ Church Cathedral ghost.
19.05.12. Stacked shipping container cordon. Steel mesh fence cordon. Yellow crane. The Press demolition site, SW view, serial, quake trashed, Christ Church Cathedral, Cathedral Sq. Clarendon Tower awaited demolition beyond
19.05.12. Stacked shipping container cordon. Cathedral Sq, W view, serial, quake trashed, Christ Church Cathedral. Abandoned Grant Thornton & Government Life awaited demolitions beyond
So far, few bldgs were being rebuilt by CERA. Rebuilds were Council & insurer responsibilities.
Late 2013, NZ National govt / CERA would appoint a Crown manager to speed up Council's consents process. ECAN was already usurped by NZ National govt appointed commissioners to oversee Canterbury waters pollution with nitrates from cattle shit & fertilizers.
CERA minister Brownlee, CERA Boss Sutton & Isaacs, new boss of the CBD rebuild Blueprint, wore hard hats & Hi-Vis vests over their suits during photo ops. None were photogenic, over-dressed in Hi-Vis vests & hard hats. Brownlee & Isaacs, fat. Cyclist Sutton, skinny, long, blonde, curly hair. Their top-down announcements didn't bode well for a swift quake recovery.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Stacked shipping container cordon. Yellow crane. The Press demolition site, SW view, abandoned Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel left, quake ruined, Christ Church Cathedral middle, high rises Clarendon Tower, Grant Thornton right, awaiting demolitions, Cathedral Sq
19.05.12. The Press, demolition site, SW view, abandoned Heritage Hotel & Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel Cathedral Sq
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. The Press, demolition site view, abandoned, Government Departmental Buildings left, Worcester St, Heritage Hotel middle, Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel right, Cathedral Sq
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, Government Departmental Buildings, part of Heritage Hotel being restored, Worcester St
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, Cathedral Junction left being restored. Abandoned Design & Arts college right, Worcester St. Next door Government Departmental Buildings being restored. All 3 bldgs survived the quakes
In the red zone, Cathedral Junction, Worcester St & opp Government Departmental Buildings, with rusticated stonework looked OK. Both were restored. Likewise, Heritage Hotel attached to Government Departmental Building was restored. Next door Millennium Hotel, abandoned in the red zone, would be restored as Distinction Hotel, Cathedral Sq. Next door, asbestos riddled BNZ ghost was demolition doomed. Years later, multi-storey Spark would replace it.
19.05.12. The Press, demolition site, NW view, red zone, Novotel left, being restored & back of The Press rebuild, Gloucester St
19.05.12. The Press, demolition site view, quake smashed windows, Cathedral Junction, W wall, Worcester St
19.05.12. The Press, demolition site, E view, The Press rebuild left, Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel middle, Cathedral Junction right, both being restored
19.05.12. The Press, demolition site view, back of The Press rebuild
The red zone, steel mesh fence cordon stopped me trekking E along Worcester St from Cathedral Sq, so I returned along Gloucester St to Manchester St crossing. S, I trekked past gaps on Manchester St cnrs, with a view of The Octagon / Trinity Church ghost, Manchester St / Worcester St crossing & boarded Design & Arts College ghost next door.
19.05.12. Gloucester St, demolition site, S view, red zone, abandoned bldgs, Worcester St: Design & Arts College left, Government Departmental Buildings, Millennium Hotel middle, Cathedral Junction right. The bldgs would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Gloucester St, demolition site, S view, red zone, abandoned bldgs, Worcester St: The Octagon left, Design & Arts College middle, Government Departmental Buildings right. The bldgs would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Serial, quake trashed, abandoned, The Octagon, tower gone, red zone, Worcester St / Manchester St. The Octagon would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Serial, quake trashed, abandoned Design & Arts College, red zone, Worcester St. The bldg would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, abandoned bldgs, Worcester St: Design & Arts College left, Government Departmental Buildings middle, Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel Cathedral Junction right, Cathedral Sq. The bldgs would survive the quakes
Manchester St: Snapped red zone, steel mesh fence cordoned ghosts: Civic House, incl ghost shops, Maru restaurant, the irishman, Olive Tree, besmirched by USAR / TF graffiti. The shops would be demolished by CERA for Manchester St widening, new bus stops & part of CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park.
Next to another demolition site, Westende House was rebuilt on Sept 4 Darfield Quake, Ground Zero, Manchester St / Worcester St. In 2015, CERA would demolish brand new Westende House for Manchester St widening, new bus stops & part of CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park. A waste!
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Abandoned, red zone shops, incl Maru restaurant, the irishman, Olive Tree, Manchester St. The shops & Newstalk ZB behind would be demolished by CERA for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Sept 4 quake, Ground Zero, Westende House rebuild, Manchester St / Worcester St. Newstalk ZB behind, awaited 01.08.12 implosion. 2015. Brand new Westende House rebuild would be demolished by CERA for Manchester St widening
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Cnr demolition site, S view, opp cnr demolition site, Manchester St / Worcester St. Abandoned Torrens House left would be demolished, 2013
19.05.12. Manchester St / Worcester St demolition site view, red zone, abandoned Worcester St bldgs: The Octagon left, Design & Arts College middle, Government Departmental Buildings right. Millennium Hotel / Distinction Hotel, Cathedral Sq, right behind
Opp Ground Zero, across Worcester St, behind the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon, another gap went to Rockshop ghost on Manchester St. While Rockshop was red zone, steel mesh fence cordoned for 15 months in the CBD, since the Feb 22 Killer Quake, it had relocated to Shands Rd, Hornby. Rockshop would be demolished in the red zone.
Diagonally opp Ground Zero cnr, stood The Octagon / Trinity Church ghost, stone tower gone. Next door, Design & Arts College ghost looked dangerous, cracked concrete pillars both sides of the front door. W down Worcester St, Government Departmental Buildings & Cathedral Junction bldgs were red zone, steel mesh fence cordoned since the Feb 22 Killer Quake. Both would be restored.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, abandoned, The Octagon left, Design & Arts College right, Worcester St. Both bldgs would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, quake abandoned, The Octagon, tower gone, Worcester St / Manchester St. The Octagon would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Sept 4 quake, fire razed bldg / demolition site, S view, red zone, abandoned, Design & Arts College, Worcester St. The bldg would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St / Manchester St, demolition site view, red zone, Government Departmental Buildings left, Cathedral Junction right, Worcester St. Both bldgs would survive the quakes
N opp Design & Arts College, a gap, where a bldg had burned in the Sept 4 Darfield Quake, extended back to gapped Gloucester St.
19.05.12. Worcester St, red zone, NE view, quake & demolition trashed, Gloucester St / Manchester St crossing. Abandoned carpark garage & Orion beyond right. The carpark would be demolished by CERA. Orion bldg would survive the quakes
As the red zone, steel mesh fence cordon fence curved across Worcester St / Manchester St crossing, I trekked E along Worcester St, past Octagon Restaurant / Trinity Church ghost, past Ground Zero, Westende rebuild & looked back at Christ Church Cathedral ghost & gaps off Worcester St / Manchester St crossing.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Serial quake trashed, red zone, The Octagon, Manchester St / Worcester St. The Octagon would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Sept 4 quake, Ground Zero, Westende rebuild, Worcester St / Manchester St. Brand new Westende rebuild would be demolished by CERA for Manchester St widening. Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel behind would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordons. Worcester St / Manchester St crossing, W view, red zone, Worcester St: Government Departmental Buildings left, quake ruined, Christ Church Cathedral middle, Cathedral Junction right. The 3 bldgs would survive the quakes
19.05.12. ROAD CLOSED. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St / Manchester St crossing view, red zone, abandoned, The Octagon. Design & Arts College behind. Both bldgs would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Worcester St, W view, quake dead, red zone: Abandoned The Octagon & Design & Arts College left, quake ruined Christ Church Cathedral middle, Cathedral Junction & Ground Zero, Westende rebuild, cnr Worcester St / Manchester St right. The bldgs would survive the quakes, except brand new Westende would be demolished by CERA for Manchester St widening. What a waste!
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St view across red zone demolition sites to red zone bldgs beyond Hereford St. Holiday Inn & Westpac left would be demolished. The Octagon right & Design & Arts College, right behind, Worcester St, would survive the quakes
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St view across red zone demolition site to Hereford St, red zone, dead bldgs. Westpac high rise being demolished middle. Holiday Inn high rise left would be demolished
Trekking to Latimer Sq, beside red zone, steel mesh fence cordons, I passed a gap to Hereford St, Westpac demolition in progress was in the red zone. Next to it, Holiday Inn ghost awaited demolition. Behind Torrens House ghost I passed a protected tree, which would survive high-rises & old, masonry ghosts during quakes. Torrens House would be demolished, 2013.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St, S view across a quake demolition site to Hereford St, red zone, abandoned bldgs. Torrens House left would be demolished, 2013
19.05.12. Worcester St, SW view, quake survivor, heritage tree, demolition site to Hereford St & red zone, abandoned bldgs. Torrens House left would be demolished, 2013
Passed another gap to cracked Gloucester St, a parked, yellow crane below closed, Newstalk ZB high-rise ghost, behind a red zone, steel mesh fence cordon, window glass being removed from Newstalk ZB by workmen, salvaging everything they could before the 01.08.12 implosion.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Worcester St view across a demolition site to Gloucester St & red zone, quake closed, high rises: Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left, PWC & BNZ to be demolished middle, carpark garage right, awaited demolition
19.05.12. Yellow crane. Red zone, Newstalk ZB, awaited 01.08.12 implosion, surrounded by quake demolition sites, Worcester St. Latimer Sq right
Opp stood The Christchurch Club, abandoned, boarded windows, oak leaves strewn by locked gates & side wall demolished & papered over. A pavement bronze plaque quoted Samuel Butler, 1835-1902:
All animals except man,
know that the principal
business of life is to enjoy it.
The Christchurch Club would relocate to The George, Park Tce, while repairs were done to The Christchurch Club at Latimer Sq. The Christchurch Club bldg would survive the quakes.
19.05.12. The Christchurch Club, carpark, red zone closed, Worcester St. Torrens House beyond would be demolished, 2013
19.05.12. Serial, quake trashed, The Christchurch Club, red zone abandoned, Worcester St
19.05.12. Quake closed, Health Clinic, next to Newstalk ZB, awaiting 01.08.12 implosion, Worcester St. Both bldgs would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Quake fallen, ceiling panels, Health Clinic, Worcester St. Health Clinic would be demolished for CERA's E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. USAR / TF graffiti & yellow stickers, abandoned, Health Clinic, Worcester St. Health Clinic would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Quake trashed office, Health Clinic, Worcester St. Health Clinic would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
Opp The Christchurch Club stood a Health Clinic ghost, ceiling panels & trashed office items strewn on office floors. Next door, Frenz Backpackers ghost & the Bicycle Thief ghost were steel mesh fence cordoned. Health Clinic, Frenz Backpackers, the Bicycle Thief would all be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, abandoned, Frenz Backpackers & the Bicycle Thief, Worcester St / Latimer Sq. The bldg would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Orange, plastic, bollard cordon. Worcester St, E view, red zone, steel mesh fence cordon bordering Latimer Sq
19.05.12. Orange, plastic, bollard cordon. Steel mesh fence cordon. Latimer Sq, W view, red zone, Worcester St, to quake trashed, Christ Church Cathedral middle
19.05.12. NO ENTRY. Orange, plastic, bollard cordon. Steel mesh fence cordon. Serial, quake trashed, abandoned, The Christchurch Club, Latimer Sq / Worcester St
Next door, Morley House ghost stood beside another gap going to gapped Gloucester St. Moley House would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park.
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Red zone, serial quake trashed, the Bicycle Thief, awaited demolition, Worcester St / Latimer Sq, for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
10.05.12. Latimer Sq, W view, serial, quake trashed, boarded, abandoned, Morley House, next to a demolition site. Newstalk ZB behind, awaited 01.08.12 implosion. Morley House would be demolished too for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. Latimer Sq, W view, red zone, abandoned, Morley House left, awaited demolition. Newstalk ZB, awaited 01.08.12 implosion middle for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park. Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel right was restored
19.05.12 Latimer Sq view, demolition site, Latimer Sq / Gloucester St. High rises behind: Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel left being restored, Forsyth Barr middle would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel. PWC right would be demolished for the new RC Cathedral precinct opp Victoria Sq
19.05.12. White fridge. Latimer Sq, NW view, red zone, demolition sites beside Gloucester St. Yellow digger behind steel mesh fence cordon
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordons. Latimer Sq, N view, demolition site next to red zone, abandoned, Platinumsport, awaiting demolition, Gloucester St, for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
By Latimer Sq, northbound, gapped Madras St buzzed with traffic. Gloucester St / Madras St, Platinumsport ghost, steel mesh fence cordoned, awaited demolition, next to another demolition site, with Securities House demolition site the other side. The demolitions would be for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park. Opp cnr, another gap where Charlie B's Backpackers once stood.
The area between Madras St & Manchester St would become CERA's / CCDU's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park, from Oxford Tce in the N to Tuam St in the S, a vast gap in Christchurch CBD, greened by NZ National govt / CERA. 2015. Margaret Mahy Family Playground would open by Avon River bank & the area S of the playground would becoming grassy, Rauora Park. 2019. New apartment bldgs would border E Rauora Park near The Christchurch Club, sporting names: Latimer Terraces, Liverpool Terraces, Bedford Terraces, Bedford Apartments.
19.05.12. Latimer Sq, NW view, demolition sites beside Gloucester St & red zone bldgs. Forsyth Barr high rise left would be restored as Crowne Plaza Hotel. PWC middle behind would be demolished for the new RC Cathedral precinct opp Victoria Sq. Parking garage middle would be demolished
19.05.12. Steel mesh fence cordon. Latimer Sq, NE view, demolition sites on Gloucester St / Madras St cnrs: Securities House demolition site left, Charlie B's Backpackers right. Platinumsport bldg awaited demolition for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park
19.05.12. S view, Latimer Sq to red zone, Hereford St, where Liverpool Terraces apartments would be built, 2019
19.05.12. Latimer Sq, N view, Gloucester St / Madras St junction, to northbound Madras St. Quake demolition sites left would become CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park & Margaret Mahy Family Playground
19.05.12. Quake demolition site, Latimer Sq / Gloucester St junction
My car was parked by Latimer Hotel rebuild site on Gloucester St. Opp was a ghost motel, with locked gate.
19.05.12. Gloucester St W view, Madras St demolition sites & red zone high rises: Platinumsport left, PWC middle, awaited demolition. Most bldgs in the pic would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint E Frame / Rauora Park & Margaret Mahy Family Playground
19.05.12. Post quakes, Latimer Hotel rebuild site, Gloucester St. Abandoned Park Tower On Latimer beyond
19.05.12. Quake Abandoned motel, Gloucester St, opp Latimer Hotel rebuild
*Trekked Latimer Sq, Gloucester St, Manchester St, Cathedral Sq, Worcester St. 218 images.
Sun 20.05.12. 9.35am. Woke to a M4.1 quake, 10km depth, 20km W of Christchurch (GeoNet). Jolted our bed while rumbling by.
5.06pm, M4.8 quake, depth 8km, 20km E of Christchurch (GeoNet). Didn't feel it, as I was driving my car. Luke said our house shook.
Fri 25.05.12, 2.44 pm, M5.2 quake, 11 km depth, 10 km E of Christchurch. Didn't feel it, as I was driving my car, Russley Rd. Luke working on his feet at Hornby, furthest from the epicentre, didn't feel it.
Leah at her London St school, closer to the epicentre, said the quake roared past like an express train, shaking the school, rattling kitchen crockery, while Leah dived under the kitchen table.
Content & pics Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.
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