Category: Christchurch Renewal
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The new Ferrymead Bridge Opens
Today saw a very exciting event for me personally, and for the other 30,000 commuters that use this bridge every day. It’s not a very long bridge, it’s not even a very attractive one, but it’s been a long wait for it to finally open. I’ve had a front row seat to its development and…
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New Building on Lichfield Street with Laser Cut Steel Design
I rather like this new building on Lichfield street with an interesting design (looks like the Avon River Loop) on laser cut steel.
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Zarafa’s Blue Mandala’s
This giraffe is by Jeremy Sauzier and can be found on Worcester Boulevard opposite the Art Gallery.
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Crusade Giraffe at the Art Centre
By artist Martyn Giles. The giraffe is par of the Christchurch Stand Tall campaign.
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Food Truck in Cathedral Square
The Christchurch City Council is trialling a five month ‘Friday Night Food Truck’ – it commenced in October and goes through until March. The goal is to add vibrancy back into the central city. There were a lot of trucks there even at 4.30pm when I walked through today. I didn’t stop even though the…
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Agropolis Urban Farm
Located on High Street, Agropolis is a transitional urban farm. You can learn more about the farm and when they have their working bees on their website at http://www.gardencity.org.nz
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Chesterfields Garden on Chester Street East
A friend of mine discovered this lovely community park last week and mentioned I may like to check it out for the blog. The park is located on Chester Street East in the city (not far from Barbadoes Street). It’s a lovely spot and I can see it’s a much loved and cared-for reserve. I…
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Heathcote Values Shipping Container
This shipping container is in front of a red zoned section on Bridle Path Road. The house has been demolished so I’m not sure why the container is there unless there’s a rock fall hazard still from the hill above. The container as you can see has been decorated with a banner full of Heathcote…
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Queen of Hearts Giraffe in the Cathedral Juntion
This giraffe sculpture is installed at Cathedral Junction and is by artist Martyn Giles. You can learn more about the giraffes at www.christchurch-stands-tall.co.nz. There is even an app you can download for your phone if you want to find all of the giraffe locations.
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Isaac Theatre Royal
The Isaac Theatre Royal re-opened last week and doesn’t it look simply splendid? I’ve not been inside yet but from what I’ve seen of other media reports and what I could see through the windows it looks wonderful.
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Colourful Plastic Sheep on High Street
High Street has been invaded by a flock of very colourful striped plastic sheep. It’s a nice bit of whimsy to an area that is still struggling and needs its share of revitalisation. There are new developments around here that have taken off (like Stranges Lane) but it’s still quite empty and a bit barren.…
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Knox Church on Victoria Street
The Knox Church on the corner of Bealey Avenue and Victoria Street was very badly damaged in our earthquakes and they started rebuilding it last year – it was stripped right back to its frames for a long time. I was really surprised when driving back from my holiday to see the progress they’ve made…
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