Category: Buildings
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Waters Edge Apartments Demolition in Ferrymead
I went down at lunchtime and checked out the demolition of this apartment complex. It was too badly damaged from the earthquakes to repair, so has had to come down. It has not been a popular building as many think it’s not suitable to its environment (it has rather dominated the estuary). Still it…
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Hoyts 8 Cinema Demolished
I got a bit of a shock when I drove down Moorhouse Ave today and saw that Hoyts 8 had been demolished. I used to go here a lot as I used to live about 10 minutes drive from it. Sometimes I’d be bored on a Sunday and decide at the last minute to go…
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Santorini Building Demolition
This is the Santorini Building on Durham Street – mid demolition. This was a great place to go for dinner and a bit of Greek dancing after wards! There was always someone game enough to dance on one of the barrels…
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Gap Filler Office in Sydenham
I was in Sydenham today so took a quick cellphone snap of the office for Gap Filler (this is the organisation that fills empty lots with creative things like painted pianos). I’ve tweaked the photo a bit using Instagram which I have only started using as they’ve recently released their app for Android phones so…
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New Building on Victoria Street
This is a new building on Victoria Street – down by the Bealey Avenue corner. I’ve been watching it go up for a few months now. Really not sure what to think. I think there are two more buildings designed to go with it on either side, so think I’ll reserve my judgement until then.
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A changing cityscape
Here’s another shot from my partner Bruce – taken tonight from our balcony. I was cooking and packing (I’m off on another trip) so sent him out with my camera for today’s shot. He didn’t realise he’d captured the plane in the photo until he saw it on screen. The most telling thing about this…
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Christchurch Cathedral Walk
I went into the Square today to take another look at the Cathedral. It’s still a pretty sobering experience going in there, no matter how often I see it in real life or on the telly and also a fairly surreal experience (especially on a beautiful Autumnal day).
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Alice in Videoland is Back
So pleased to see Alice in Videoland is back up and running with their grand re-opening today at their old location. Now I just have to sit down and plan out my winter DVD viewing schedule (think I’ll start with some classic Audrey Hepburn movies)!
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Frogmore on Victoria Street
I’ve always liked this little building on Victoria Street which houses the Frogmore gift store. I don’t know the history of it but it’s certainly cute and I’m very pleased it made it through the earthquakes.
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Crowne Plaza Demolition
And so another city landmark is coming down. From what I saw on the news the other night, it looks like they’ve done the bulk of the demolition work on the Victoria Square side of the Crown Plaza. You can actually make out the Forsyth Barr building through one of the holes. It’s going to…
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Colourful Buildings
I spotted these colourful buildings at the end of Connal Street in Woolston. I’m not sure which street they actually front on to. They really grabbed my attention as it’s so rare to see any building painted like this in New Zealand. We are kind of conservative like that and it’s one of the big…
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Russian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas on Brougham St
This church has always intrigued me, as for years I’ve driven past it and wondered what kind of church it was. I’ve been meaning to photograph it, but I’m always dashing from A to B when I’m driving along Brougham Street so never stop. Well, today I finally did stop and I took a couple…
Christchurch Daily Photo 