
The cranes were brought in to assist this old Merivale beauty (above). In the days soon after the quake, the steeple was considered in too precarious a state to leave in situ, so it was carefully
lifted off by a big brute of a crane and daintily placed to the side of the church until the quakes stop and all can be made 'habitable' again.
I've always had a strong interest in church architecture (click on
Churches in the index line below this blog), so seeing these buildings so uniformly 'struck down' has been a sad experience. I haven't had a chance (until now) to go around the city photographing them so I've missed some of the immediate damage (now tidied up); but if the weather holds this week, I hope to do a bit of scouting further afield. I feel bound somehow to
catalogue something of the brutality of the day.
1 comment:
So so sad indeed.
As i was born and bred in
Christchurch and of several generations; been involved in the Canterbury Pilgrims & Early Settlers association and having a great love of Christchurch's history and heritage buildings i just can't think of Christchurch as ever being the same again. Let's certainly hope you are correct and these churches are saved rather than razed. Tragedy all round if they are not.
Thanks for the post
Sandy
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