Capture: Two Tales of a City
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Damaged in the last big downpour
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Cantabrians arrived just after 10 am this morning to have a look at the newest place of worship.
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Markedly smaller than the Cathedral on the Square.
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Canterbury Colours.
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Roof Interior
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Chairs made from plywood.
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Last few checks before the service.
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Hebe, in reply to
Gudrun, we must follow each other around the city. I coincidentally went past about 11.30, saw it was open and went in. The Bish herself was there, people were trilling, milling, and doing things in that quiet, determined way of church helpers on a mission. I like the place: it's Japanese/Scandi influenced with nice lines -- hope they can restrain the urge to fuss it up and decorate. Has a lovely airy lightness. The outside may mellow -- right now it's like a giant settler's V-hut or corrugated iron tent, especially from the Moorhouse Ave side, very bland and grey.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
I must have missed you by a cat's whisker.
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Where is John Key?
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And off they went.
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The RED DEVILS won their game on Sunday night taking them to the finals. Brilliant effort.
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Ready, steady.....GO..!
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Kumara Republic, in reply to
In the meantime, Wellington is still waiting for a permanent ice rink, even though temporary ones have been wildly popular. IIRC, the old Kilbirnie Rec Centre hosted seasonal ice skating at one stage.
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Great to see the Cardboard Cathedral photos Gudrun, even if I'm a bit slow on the uptake.
Is the rain damage a concern? I'm sure one or two wouldn't be a worry, but a cardboard building not being water tight might be considered, um, problematic?
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Kyle Matthews, in reply to
Is the rain damage a concern? I’m sure one or two wouldn’t be a worry, but a cardboard building not being water tight might be considered, um, problematic?
Looking at the news story they were saying it was damage from before the roof was put over the top?
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
a cardboard building not being water tight might be considered, um, problematic?
As was mentioned upthread, the "cardboard cathedral" tag has turned out to be bit of a pious fraud. As there were issues with producing tubes of the required structural thickness in NZ they're now cosmetic sheaths for (presumably) laminated wooden beams, with steel plate bolted connectors holding the structure together.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
soggy bottom buoys…
…a cardboard building not being water tight might be considered, um, problematic?
I understand the cardboard cores are purely cosmetic, not load bearing as originally conceived, they couldn’t wind the cores to sufficient thickness here, there are laminated wooden beams inside each core…
see this Press article<snap, joe>
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
soggy bottom buoys…
Anglicans seem to be comfy with a range of views on whether or not the eucharist is really the body of Christ. They certainly don't let it put a damper on their kind of fun. I imagine they'll take a similar approach on the cathedral being truly cardboard.
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Hebe, in reply to
If you want to believe it's a cardboard cathedral, the Anglicans will be happy with that. On the other hand, if you want to believe it's laminated wood, they will be accepting. It's a broad Church with many views contributing to a diversity of inclusiveness....
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
It’s a broad Church with many views contributing to a diversity of inclusiveness….
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Hebe, in reply to
Heh. St Soggybottom's goes hardline.
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Gudrun Gisela, in reply to
I guess they are all skating on pretty thin ice as it is...
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Whatever else happens I do hope the Swastika tiles are saved from the Christchurch Cathedral.
It says so much about colonialism and appropriation.
I'm sure the chimney on that Strowan Rd house won't be rebricked with the same design. -
Chris Waugh, in reply to
the Swastika tiles
I'm going to assume they were of the more traditional variety that way, way predates the Nazis' appropriation of that symbol.
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