On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:10 am, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quoting David Mann <[email protected]>: > >> Here's the view from the street of Christ Church Cathedral in Darwin. The >> stone portion is all that remains from the original building, which was >> destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. >> >> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/889/#peso > > > I read the subject as "Christchurch Cathedral" - which would have made sense > too... > What's the current status of that, by the way?
It's still in a pretty sorry state. The legal wrangling is becoming so drawn out that the building will probably fall down before it's resolved. The fight is about restoring it and making it safe vs demolishing and putting up a new building. Both options are hideously expensive. Here's the latest: http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/67435755/Rebuilding-Christ-Church-Cathedral-is-not-a-compromise-says-Jim-Anderton In the mean time there was a temporary cathedral built a couple of blocks away, on the site of another church which collapsed. http://www.christchurchnz.com/destinations/christchurch/cardboard-cathedral/ > The Darwin one is an interesting looking structure - not at all what most > people expect a cathedral to look like. I'd like to have gone in for a look. I'd read about the Cyclone Tracy memorial window and was curious to see it. There's a photo of it here: http://christchurchcathedral.org.au/about/cathedral/ Next door is the old town hall which was left as a memorial ruin after the cyclone. I don't think I took a photo of that so you'll have to take a look for yourself. 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.
