Heritage Destruction in Christchurch – Cranmer Courts day 30 – Video

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Heritage Destruction in Christchurch - Cranmer Courts day 30
Friday 2 Nov 2012, day 30 of demolition - Cranmer Court building MORE INFO BELOW Continued from Day 29: youtu.be Nipped in to rescue some broken stone. Remember that fountain I mentioned on day 23? Here it is. Cracked in two represents the... Water running over the clean slate represents... (Work it out yourself, it #39;s meaningless, like CERA #39;s demolition, so it can represent that.) Being the middle of the day, I decided not to try the reverse fountain. Time for a crackpot conspiracy theory (yes, my other posts are factual and verifiable and await challenge). Tinfoil hat on. Gerry Brownlee is of a devout Catholic background, he taught as a woodwork teacher at St Bede #39;s College, a "Catholic community". Shortly after the Feb 22 earthquake he said: "Quite frankly people have died in this last earthquake trying to save old buildings. We #39;re not going to do that any more. My absolutely strong position is that the old dungas, no matter what their connection, are going under the hammer." But in an apparent about-face, on 5 March 2011, he said if he had his way, most of Christchurch #39;s heritage buildings would be demolished but that he would like to see resources go into rebuilding the ChristChurch Cathedral, the Catholic Basilica, the Canterbury Provincial Chambers and the Christchurch Arts Centre -- but that #39;s it ... They won #39;t be put back the way they were.". Considering it was common knowledge the Anglicans were growing out of their cathedral (the Bishop soon applied to have it ...From:adxnzViews:0 0ratingsTime:00:39More inNews Politics

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