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Christchurch Revisited - Salvaged
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The Church of The Blessed Sacrament (also known as Christchurch Basilica) was one of the many churches damaged in 2011 by the earthquakes. This is some of the salvaged articles against a photo of the damage (see a car buried under the rubble)
There is a short video HERE which shows this church at the beginning. Take note of the statue of the Virgin Mary looking through a window. It turned 180 degrees during the quake, leaving her looking out over the city instead of into the Basilica.(This video was shown, without commentary, at the official memorial service, it is quite heartbreaking)
To rebuild the Basilica would cost approx NZ$100M. Already NZ$3M has been spent de-constructing and saving what could be.

I took this in 'Quake City' an exhibition centre run by Canterbury Museum, which contains many artifacts, photos and information about the tragedy.Panasonic TZ60.
Comments always appreciated.

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::Dunstickin
01/30/15 2:25 PM GMT
Nature at it's worst....It can be destructive!

But mankind always seems to lift themselves up and begin anew!...
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::Ramad
01/30/15 2:41 PM GMT
How awful to see this destruction! Hope they will manage to reconstruct the church back to its original form Lyn.
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::0930_23
01/30/15 4:08 PM GMT
The sounds of the city, the wind and the birds were all the sound that was needed on this poignant video, LE.
The display, and your photo of it, are well presented.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.susanlynn
01/30/15 5:04 PM GMT
So sad, the destruction these natural disasters cause. It seems a miracle that anything was salvageable. Good shot of the display Lyn.
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::tigger3
01/30/15 7:34 PM GMT
Very well done with the presentation of this terrible event they dealt with, reminds me of the bad one in San Fransisco some years back. My parents lived in the bay area at the time, and I could not get a hold of them by phone for two days. I also felt a few when I lived out there, nature's power, and it happens in such little time.
tigs =^..^=
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::corngrowth
01/30/15 9:32 PM GMT
Lyn, good impression what damage an earthquake can make. I'm talking about visible damage. The psychological damage perhaps is worse but invisible.
I like to join in for the second sentence of Bob's comment.
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