Category: On the Street
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Rain Garden on Manchester Street
This rain garden on Manchester street takes the runoff from the road and filters it for cleaner stormwater. It’s great to see these innovations in the city, and I also rather like the choice of plants too.
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Alice in Wonderland Mural by Jacob Yikes
This wonderful new mural is on the wall by Alice in Videoland and is by local artist Jacob Yikes.
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Substation in Woolston
I’ve always admired the architecture of these older substations. Many of Christchurch’s older substations are very decorative and must have been well built to survive the quakes.
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Central City Street Party
A few pics today from the central city street party. It started off a bit overcast but the sun started shining around noon. Lots of market stalls, food vendors, buskers, wizards, ferries and quite a few people in costume. It was great to see Cathedral Square so busy.
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Giant Spray Cans, East Frame
I’m not sure exactly what these things are – they certainly look like giant paint spray cans to me. I saw them today on the East Frame, and they were being moved around. I’m wondering if they were from a street art festival? Intriguing anyway!
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Xero Mural by Jacob Yikes
You can see this new mural by Jacob Yikes from Cathedral Square and Armagh Street. It was commissioned by Xero the accounting software system developed here in New Zealand. Watch the video below from Xero to learn more about the art work and the symbolism of the precarious chairs.
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New Mural on UniMed Building on Manchester Street
This new work of street art recently appeared on the UniMed building which is located on the corner of Manchester and Gloucester Streets. The artwork is by professional graffiti artist Wongi Wilson. It’s nice to see these murals going onto new buildings.
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Bridge Art in Sydenham
I was driving along Colombo Street today towards Sydenham, when these bright panels grabbed my attention (they’re fixed onto the bridge). They are very clever, as when you move, you see it’s not just coloured strips! Depicting scenes of old Sydenham. And finally, a message! How clever is that!
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Street art in Sydenham
I was in Sydenham today and discovered rather a lot of new street art on several walls. Some awesome work here by various artists.
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The changing face of The Brae
The Brae is a street in Mt Pleasant that goes down to the estuary. There used to be houses all over this hill but as you can see they’ve been demolished. The digger is looking a bit precarious!
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Tourist Information Towers
These towers are designed to help tourists orient themselves towards major city attractions. They are in response to feedback the City Council was receiving that tourists were frequently getting lost. I’m certainly not surprised tourists get lost in our central city – there’s few landmarks to go on and the closed roads and barriers that…
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