tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488710655024487548.post6623255449682335879..comments2023-09-08T00:31:04.995+12:00Comments on Adrienne Rewi Online: Returning to Shaky Ground - Back Home in ChristchurchAdrienne Rewihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187339453802536156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488710655024487548.post-73213164091916680232011-10-18T09:31:04.056+13:002011-10-18T09:31:04.056+13:00The strangest thing of all is, you can drive for m...The strangest thing of all is, you can drive for miles in residential Christchurch and hardly see a sign that the city has been battered by over 8,000 earthquakes & aftershocks over the last 13 months; then you turn a corner and whole stretches of shops have been erased. It's disconcerting for those of us who live here, so for you, coming back after a long time away, I imagine it will be a very emotional business.Adrienne Rewihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187339453802536156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488710655024487548.post-12482052850460185112011-10-18T09:14:25.346+13:002011-10-18T09:14:25.346+13:00It's that relentless erasing of my memories th...<i>It's that relentless erasing of my memories that strikes me the most about Christchurch in the aftermath of the September 2010 7.1 earthquake. Ever since then, whole parts of my own (20-year) memory of Christchurch have slipped away.</i><br /><br />This is what scares me most, in some ways. I left Christchurch to move overseas two weeks before the September 2010 quake, after living there for six years, and at the very earliest I won't be able to visit until next July. Most of the demolition will have been completed by then. I feel like my memories are being swept up behind me, and by the time I'm able to return, they won't be there any more. <br /><br />Every time I look at photos of the ongoing demolition I switch to Google Earth and back, trying to remember what was there, trying to visualise what's gone. It makes life seem so fragile.Lucyhttp://www.perplexmenot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7488710655024487548.post-32044702700294413692011-10-14T22:30:36.698+13:002011-10-14T22:30:36.698+13:00I used to fantasise about living in that penthouse...I used to fantasise about living in that penthouse too! I live just down the road a bit from it and used to look at it every day. I will miss the Harvey Cameron building too.Juiceboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506839701446654582noreply@blogger.com