History Uncovered.

Athol Carr · Jul 8, 2012

Ax part of the demolishion, deconstruction, taking place in the Christchurch, New Zealand Central Business District following lat=st years February earthquake a bit is history has been uncovered. About 1300 buildings in the CBD have been or are to be demolished from old un-reinforced masonry buildings to 20+ storey modern buildings. The earthquake had ground shakings more that twice the design accelerations so was more than the equivalent of a 2500 year earthquake. The 1903 Horse Bazaar was so badly damaged that it was removed and at the left hand wall boundary the McCormick Binders and Reapers advertisement was found. This was obviously paited on an exterior wall before the Hoprse Bazaar was built.

sflem849 · Jul 8, 2012

That's pretty cool!

formerly ny bill · Jul 8, 2012

nice surprise! does the building with the mccormick sign have to be torn down too?

SweetFeet · Jul 8, 2012

Really neat.

Athol Carr · Jul 8, 2012

The building alongside, the the painted sign is still in the cordoned-off part of the CBD. (Most of the CBD is still cordoned-off 16 months after the shake). The building looks as if it will stay. The business is operating from a garage in the suburbs until they can get back into the city. The brick wall is probably not part of the adjoining building but may have been the wall of the building that was there originally. The old building was demolished but the boundary wall left standing and the new building built inside it. There have been several instances of such old walls found during the demolishing around thew city. I hope that it will stay but something will eventually be built where the old Horse Bazaar used to be. It stopped selling horses in the early 1920s then became a produce market and just before the earthquake was a bar and entertainment centre.

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