Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel & Town Hall would be repaired, Copthorne Hotel would be demolished.
BNZ demolition slowed for a while, as CERES high-reach digger needed repairs. After I'd taken BNZ demolition pics, BNZ was flattened within a week. From reopened New Regent St, once BNZ was demolished, it opened a grassy vista over Avon River, PGC demolition site & beyond to Kilmore St.
23.05.13. Yellow, high-reach digger. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right awaited repairs
23.05.13. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition left for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel awaited repairs, Victoria Square. Copthorne Hotel right would be demolished for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Yellow, high-reach digger. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right awaited repairs
After its reopening, since I last saw New Regent St, BNZ demolition proceeded, backdrop to demolition destroyed Manchester St.
Cambridge Tce: Snapped when CERES high-reach digger started lunging, gnawing, chomping, water squirting great concrete chunks, plunging more than 10 storeys down BNZ skeleton.
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Armagh St view, BNZ demolition middle. Red zone abandoned Copthorne Hotel left awaited demolition
23.05.13. Armagh St: Red, plastic tape, steel mesh fence cordon. 2 diggers. Copthorne Hotel left awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct. BNZ demolition right for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. New Regent St / Armagh St junction view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. New Regent St view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. New Regent St / Gloucester St junction view, part reopened Rendezvous Hotel / Pacific Tower, Gloucester St
23.05.13. Gloucester St view, New Regent St, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
Across Avon River, Retour Restaurant copper dome still lay on the riverbank by a tilted retaining wall. On Cambridge Tce, grassed PGC demolition site lurked, where 18 people died in PGC multi-storey collapse, 22.02.11 Killer Quake.
2020-21. Edmonds Band Rotunda would be restored, copper dome on top.
23.05.13. New Regent St view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange digger. New Regent St / Armagh St junction view, red zone, abandoned Copthorne Hotel left, awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Red zone, abandoned Town Hall middle, awaited repairs. BNZ demo right for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Orange digger working BNZ demo rubble. Armagh St view, red zone, abandoned Town Hall left, awaited repairs
23.05.13. CERA yellow sticker, steel mesh fence cordon, New Regent St. Pacific Tower / Rendezvous Hotel beyond
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon, Armagh St. BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
Manchester St: Trekked past CERES hazard board on the steel mesh fence cordon, & ubiquitous ROAD CLOSED & KEEP OUT threat signs, to part-cordoned Armagh St & more cordoned ghosts.
23.05.13. ROAD CLOSED. Steel mesh fence cordon. Manchester St / Oxford Tce view, demolition site, hazard board, danger signs on red zone cordon fence. CERES high reach digger & abandoned Copthorne Hotel beyond awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
Manchester St Bridge: Oil pollution flowed on Avon River surface. Second time I'd seen oil pollution on Avon River over the last few weeks. CERA didn't care about contractors polluting Avon River. My last oil pollution sighting: from Gloucester St Bridge near Provincial Council ghost.
23.05.13. Manchester St Bridge view, oil polluted Avon River. Red zone, abandoned, Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel left awaited repairs. Victoria Square apartments behind tree awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae. Copthorne Hotel centre awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
New Regent St: Snapped BNZ demolition pics, metal chunks festooning several upper floors. Since I last saw New Regent St, more shops opened, but about half the shops were still closed. Council slow in providing consents for reopening. Despite nearly 1 000 days post 04.09.10 Darfield Quake, town clerk Marryatt (on a week's holiday) hadn't speeded up consents processing.
After mayor Parker was reluctant to sell Council profitable assets, like Christchurch Airport & Lyttelton Port Co to pay for NZ National govt's / CCDU's CBD Blueprint precincts & anchor projects, PM Key had second thoughts about Blueprint CBD anchor projects, like loss making convention centre & covered stadium. Meanwhile CERA's zombie CBD remained.
23.05.13. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel middle left awaited repairs. Victoria Square apartments middle awaited demolition for NZ National govt's / CERA's Blueprint Convention Centre / Te Pae. Copthorne Hotel right awaited demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Yellow high-reach digger. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right awaited repairs
23.05.13. Manchester St Bridge view, CERES high-reach digger, BNZ demo for the new RC Cathedral precinct
23.05.13. Steel mesh fence cordon. Manchester St Bridge view, BNZ demolition for the new RC Cathedral precinct. Red zone, abandoned Forsyth Barr / Crowne Plaza Hotel right awaited repairs
23.05.13. Manchester St Bridge view, CERES high-reach digger, BNZ demo for the new RC Cathedral precinct
*Trekked Manchester St Bridge, Manchester St, Armagh St, New Regent St. 54 images.
See Owners plea to speed up consents (The Press / Stuff Co).
See Projects could be scaled back - Key (The Press / Stuff Co).
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