Posts by Hebe
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Russell Brown,
I have seen "transition" proposals. Somewhere. When I find, I will post them.
Edited to add this good Press piece:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6992137/A-temporary-long-term-solutionDon't know how all that has developed -- I will follow up if possible.
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Rob Stowell,
I like some of the CBD plan, and I do not see the need for monoliths either. The thinking should be smarter not bigger, as you say. I like the green frame concept, but am very uncertain about the effect of its execution. I hope my fears for the city are unfounded, but on the up side the frame may compress those sort of developments into a small area, leaving the remaining area inside the four avenues ripe for colonisation by the small businesses and creatives.
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Alice Ronald,
If it's like the old stadium, the rugby union will have the stranglehold on the bookings while the council pays for the stadium to operate -- and it's very expensive. On a per days-used-each-year basis, the stadium cost is exorbitant.
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to andin,
reps stuck to their talking points
That is infuriating. We are talked at, not with. Most of us have realised the new CBD has no place for the little people like we ratepayers. It will be all Louis Vuitton franchises, McDonalds, and shiny multinational bullshit. On the plus side, our "villages" will be left alone, places in which to live and create, and most of the life in Christchurch will go on. The sterile "world-class" CBD will be horrid.
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Lilith __,
Yes, we need good photographs taken with good intent and respect. But for me I don't need to do it; others have more to offer. I like the idea of giving the residents the means (if they haven't already got them) -- maybe they don't have the emotional strength so pros could help out?
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Rob Stowell,
does that include a 2000 capacity international convention centre at its heart, and a 35,000 capacity stadium?
Rob, my understanding is that the convention centre is an attempt to reverse the catastrophic decline in South Island tourism since the earthquakes. I can see the thinking behind that but I don't see why Christchurch ratepayers should pay for it: that is where the government should pony up, even if only for an interest-fre loan while it's paid for. As for the stadium: why are we going to buy a park that only one sport will use; it can hardly be called a civic facility.
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Hard News: A long way yet, in reply to Tim Michie,
distaster tourism
Quite. I find myself getting irate at the foreign tourist types who drop for a day or two of gawping before going off for an extreme MacAdventure in Queenstown or wherever.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Lilith __,
Most of the news stories are the first shots in a PR war by those affected, and good on them. Cera won't back down; they seem a closed loop: talking only to each other and the government . I see the only way of pressuring Cera is through the Key and Brownlee; and the only way of pressuring them is losing electorate seats and party vote share, or mass unrest. Christchurch people's bone-weariness is playing for the govt and Cera right now.
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I stayed on Pages Road for most of the way back, rather than going back through Avonside to take pictures as I'd planned... But mostly, it didn't feel right.
It doesn't feel right; as a life-long observer, recorder, and picture-taker, I cannot take pictures of these sadnesses. It seems bad manners to document the death of other people's dreams. Thanks Russell for not taking pictures.
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Capture: Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand, in reply to Russell Brown,
Some pictures from New Brighton, on a sparkling spring Sunday.
Love it. I walked that track and the beach most days for 11 years.