Thanks, Christine. A local photographer has been contracted by the authorities to photograph the area so they can create a visual archive of the demolition and rebuild process. They've been posting collections on Facebook and one they added last night was quite moving for me as it included the view from the building where I used to work, along with several other locations where I used to walk during lunchtimes.
I also finally found a more up-to-date photo of the building I was walking past on that particular lunchtime. It looks pretty good from the outside but it is on the list of heritage buildings to be demolished. I just looked up my old work building and it's not on the demolition list. At the rate they're going it'll be the only one left on its street. Cheers, Dave On Sep 6, 2011, at 3:17 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Very interesting--and sad--Dave. Thanks for posting, and best wishes to > everyone by you in the rebuild phase. Cheers, Christine > > > On Sep 2, 2011, at 3:36 AM, David Mann wrote: > >> A contractor who has access to the CBD red-zone attached a camera to the >> ladder on his roof rack and made a few short videos. >> >> He only covers a small part of the city but it's where most of the worst >> damage was. He made these films about a month ago so there are a lot of >> empty sections where buildings have been removed since February. >> >> So sit back for a few minutes and be a virtual tourist in our little ghost >> town :) >> >> http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5554056/Street-level-red-zone-video-tours >> >> At 00:16 in the third video, the building on the right is the one in which I >> used to work. The ground floor used to house the only really good music >> shop left in the city, and we were on the first floor. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
