Filling Christchurch Gaps

I was in Christchurch over the weekend and biked around to see how everything looked and what was happening. The number of empty sites is what strikes you. The empty spaces. So many prime sites to choose from...

They are a problem for any thriving area. This is a corner property in the Merivale Shopping area on Papanui Road. A challenge for the town planners and property owners...

Everywhere there are political hoardings. The election has well and truly begun in Christchurch. Demolition sites are the preferred places for election placards. Bit tacky I thought...

Here's another corner site, on the Eastern side of the city. The building has been demolished, the site cleared, but someone's put paving stones and gravel down, and it has become a little corner park...

Amazing what you can do with a park bench and a food cooler full of books. The inspiration I understand is: www.gapfiller.org.nz

This sign was unsettling. Given the mass destruction of massive (read: stone, read: brick)buildings, it is somewhat head-in-sand to push for more of the same... Or maybe there will never be another earthquake... come on...