Showing posts with label New Regent Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Regent Street. Show all posts

Saturday, June 9, 2012

The Weather of Wednesday June 6

Cranford Street, St Albans, 10.30 am. 
Traffic is moving.

Avon riverbank. Winter wonderland.

Inner city, late at night.

New Regent Street.

Isaac Theatre Royal and the vanishing Price Waterhouse tower.

The recently returned Press headquarters in Gloucester Street.

Notable earthquake survivor: The former Government Building, now the Heritage Hotel.

The quake-damaged Newstalk ZB building awaiting demolition.

The heavily damaged Cranmer Courts in Kilmore Street, featuring the artworks of Mike Hewson.

Rydges Hotel and the vanishing Clarendon Tower.

After midnight: The Clarendon Tower coming down, while the ghostly facade of the old Clarendon Hotel endures.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Before the Earth Moved, Part 2

Christchurch as it was:

Bagpipes on Worcester Boulevard.

The Square in happier times.

9-11 mourners, Cathedral Square 2001.

Citizens' War Memorial, Cathedral Square.

Colombo Street, from the Cathedral.

Worcester Boulevard.

Buskers, old Post Office/Starbucks.

Skatenaked, Buskers Festival.

New Regent Street.

The late Park Royal, later Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Holy smoke, Rolleston Avenue.