Category: Buildings
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University of Otago Clocktower
Well, I’ve decided to get out of town for a few days! We had two quakes over 4.0 yesterday, enough already! So we headed south, which turns out to be one of the few places that is getting good weather at the moment. We had a stop in Dunedin along the way – for a…
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Santa Barbara House Victoria Street
This art deco building is on Victoria Street. It was built in 1936 and is a category II historic place. So it’s nice to see that it came through all of the earthquakes ok. Unfortunately many historic buildings have not made it through the earthquakes – have a look at the list of buildings we…
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Heathcote pub rebuild
This is the rebuilt pub in Heathcote valley – the original was destroyed a year ago in the first big quake we had. It looks like the builders have tried to maintain it’s look and style and it can’t be far off from opening. I walked past it today and it was a hive of…
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Burger Shaped Cafe, Blenheim Road
This restaurant / cafe has been on Blenheim road for as long as I can remember. I think it was closed for a long time, but it’s open now and is offering ‘Manfood’. Which considering its location is probably a good thing for them to do. I don’t know the history of the building (please…
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Etcetera Store on Barbadoes Street
I happened to be on Barbadoes Street this morning on another matter, but had my attention diverted by this lovely shop (on the corner of Edgeware Road and Barbadoes). If you like to have a good old fossick around curio and antique stores then I think you’ll be delighted with etcetera. I was very close…
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The ladies lost their heads
Oh dear. I’m glad I got a chance to photograph this mural on a Ferry Road dairy before the February earthquake hit (in fact it was about a month before back in January). Click on the image for the before shot I took back in January. For those readers outside of Christchurch, we seem to…
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Hazeldean office building
I haven’t paid much attention to the new office complex that was built off Lincoln Road – but since many of my favourite cafes are out of action I have been going to the EAT cafe (which I highly recommend). I’m in two minds about the buildings, before the earthquake I liked them – thought…
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Law Courts
If you are naughty, you might end up here!
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Cathedral Junction with Tram
This is the Cathedral Junction shopping centre and restaurant area with the tram going through it. The new building appears to be finished – I feel like I blinked and there it was! Nice to see something going up rather than coming down for a change. On that note, yesterday was awful for earthquakes and…
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Brick Wall Flour Mill Addington
Something a little abstract and grungy today. My photo club went to Addington and most of us spent all of our time photography the old Flour Mill.
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The Baptist Church on Madras Street
The Baptist Church on Madras Street. Here’s information about the church from their website: – it does indeed stand out in Christchurch as being very different from our other old buildings (yes 1880’s is old in NZ!). The present church sanctuary was built in 1881. Its classical design is notable in a city dominated by…
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The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament at Night
This was taken at about 7.30pm tonight. My photo club meet here at 7pm to take sunset photos – but today was grey and dull, so no interesting light. But once the street lights come on it’s a different matter altogether. I got this snap on purpose just as the bus was going by. The…
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