Land Zoning & Gloucester St focus. Friday 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 for property-owners!
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 on Southshore estuary-side residential properties were red-zoned & on 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 government / CERA red-zoned land along Avon River & Avon River / Heathcote Estuary to displace 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 government).
And who / what was checking NZ National government / CERA appointed Tonkin & Taylor engineering firm responsible for all the land-zonings? Tonkin & Taylor deemed land red-zone, then NZ National government / CERA land-grabbed residential-land by means of two CERA offers & land-owners were displaced from their properties by NZ National government decree. Initially the excuse for NZ National government's / CERA's red-zone displacement 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, displacing 1 000s of families who had to restart 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 the 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 ruined 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 costly strengthened foundations. Insurers didn't want to insure TC3 properties, as liquefaction- prone-land required 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.
By concocting residential TC3 green-zonings, CERA, Brownlee & geotech engineers created 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." Would TC3 green-zoners applaud those expedient awards!
19.05.12. Red zone, abandoned shops, Gloucester St, bordering a demolition site
2011: Parklands East had three liquefactions in the 22 February 2011 Quake, the 13 June 2011 Quake & the 2011 Xmas Quake Swarm & stayed green-blue TC3, yet Brooklands was liquefactioned only once in the 4 September 2010 Quake & was red-zoned! It was CERA's expedience, as there wasn't enough NZ National government 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 government / CERA buy-out, or insurer pay-out & 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-repairs & 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 properties, then fix & charge inflated rents. (The Press 21.05.12)
19.05.12. The Press, post Feb 22 quake rebuild, Gloucester St
Saturday 19.05.12. After occupying the red-zone-CBD for more than a year CERA opened another demolition-niche in the CBD: from Latimer Sq, west 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 which was 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 red-zone-CBD into north & south red- zones. Demolition-sites east of Manchester St to Latimer Sq & Madras St would enable CERA's Blueprint East 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 buildings I saw that afternoon were ruined since the 22 February 2011 Quake, 15 month before. CERA had slowly loosened its grip on the red-zone-CBD cordon while red-zone buildings 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 offered bus-tours from Cranmer Sq into the CBD & a couple of supervised walks from Cashel Mall to see Christ Church Cathedral ruin. Otherwise citizens would be banned from the red-zone-CBD for 28 months post 22 February 2011 Quake. Thus Christchurch's red-zone-CBD was in total lockdown for 28 months by NZ National government / 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
Northwest in the red-zone-CBD, Forsyth Barr, PWC & other high-rises stood amongst 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 west down Gloucester St to the gap between The Press building & red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordoned Novotel which was being restored. The gap extended south from Gloucester St to Worcester St on The Press demolition-site, Warners Hotel demolition-site & more demolition-sites at the north 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 that gap I saw the back of ruined Christ Church Cathedral, all sorry apse, chancel, transept, crumbling buttresses & boarded-windows cordoned by two layers of shipping-containers. Ruins around Cathedral Sq: Clarendon Tower, Grant Thornton, Government Life (Christchurch's ugliest snot-green building) were demolition-doomed. CERA would demolish & bury 1 000s of commercial-buildings & residential-buildings. While ruins were demolished around Cathedral Sq, more CBD high-rises awaited demolitions. But Heritage-hailers squealed about saving Christ Church Cathedral ruin!
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 buildings were being rebuilt by CERA. Rebuilds were Council & insurer responsibilities.
Late 2013, NZ National government / CERA would appoint a Crown manager to speed up Council's consents-processing. ECAN was already usurped by NZ National government appointed commissioners to oversee Canterbury waters pollution by nitrates from cattle shit & fertilizers.
CERA minister Brownlee, CERA Boss Sutton & Isaacs, now the new boss of the CBD rebuild Blueprint, all 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 were fat. Cyclist Sutton was skinny with long, blonde, curly hair. Their top-down announcements didn't bode well for a swift 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 & Government Departmental Building 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 ruin was demolition-doomed. Years later, multi-storey Spark hogh-rise would replace BNZ.
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 east along Worcester St from Cathedral Sq, so I returned along Gloucester St to Manchester St crossing. Southwards, I trekked past gaps on Manchester St corners with a view of The Octagon / Trinity Church ruin, Manchester St / Worcester St crossing & the boarded Design & Arts College ruin 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: I snapped more red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordoned ruins: Civic House including ruined 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 East Frame / Rauora Park.
Next to another demolition-site, Westende House was rebuilt on 4 September 2010 Quake's 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 East 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
Opposite Ground Zero across Worcester St behind the red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordon another gap went to Rockshop ruin on Manchester St. While Rockshop was red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordoned for 15 months in the CBD since the 22 February 2011 Quake, it had relocated to Shands Rd, Hornby. Rockshop would be demolished in the red-zone.
Diagonally opposite Ground Zero corner stood The Octagon / Trinity Church ruin, stone tower gone. Next door, the Design & Arts College ruin looked dangerous with cracked concrete-pillars both sides of the front door. West down Worcester St, Government Departmental Buildings & Cathedral Junction buildings were red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordoned since the 22 February 2011 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 east along Worcester St, past Octagon Restaurant / Trinity Church ruin, past Ground Zero's Westende rebuild & looked back at Christ Church Cathedral ruin & 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 while multi-storey Westpac was a demolition-in-progress was in the red zone. Next to it, multi-storey Holiday Inn ruin awaited demolition. Behind Torrens House ruin, I passed a protected tree which would survive the ruined high-rises & old masonry ruins. Torrens House would be demolished in 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
I passed another gap near a parked yellow-crane below Newstalk ZB high-rise ruin looming behind a red-zone steel-mesh-fence-cordon. Window-glass was being removed from Newstalk ZB by workmen who salvaged 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
Opposite stood The Christchurch Club, abandoned with boarded-windows, oak leaves strewn below locked-gates. The Club's side-wall was demolished & papered over. A footpath 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 would survive the quakes at Latimer Sq..
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
Opposite The Christchurch Club stood the Health Clinic ruin: ceiling-panels & office-items strewn on office-floors. Next door, Frenz Backpackers ruin & the Bicycle Thief ruin were steel-mesh-fence-cordoned. The Health Clinic, Frenz Backpackers & the Bicycle Thief would all be demolished for CERA's Blueprint East 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 ruin stood beside another gap going to gapped Gloucester St. Moley House would be demolished for CERA's Blueprint East 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: multi-storey Platinumsport ruin was steel- mesh-fence-cordoned & awaited demolition next to another demolition-site. Securities House demolition-site was on the other side. The demolitions would be for CERA's Blueprint East Frame / Rauora Park. On the opposite corner was another gap where Charlie B's Backpackers once stood.
The area between Madras St & Manchester St would become CERA's / CCDU's Blueprint East Frame / Rauora Park from Oxford Tce in the north to Tuam St in the south, a vast gap in Christchurch CBD, greened by NZ National government / CERA. 2015. Margaret Mahy Family Playground would open by Avon River bank & the area south of the playground would becoming grassy Rauora Park. 2019. New apartment buildings would border eastern Rauora Park near The Christchurch Club. The new apartments sported names like 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.
Sunday 20.05.12. 9.35am. I woke to a M4.1 quake, 10km depth, 20km west of Christchurch (GeoNet). It jolted our bed while rumbling by.
5.06pm, M4.8 quake, depth 8km, 20km east of Christchurch (GeoNet). I didn't feel it as I was driving my car. Luke said our house shook.
Friday 25.05.12, 2.44 pm, M5.2 quake, 11 km depth, 10 km east of Christchurch. I didn't feel it as I was driving my car on 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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