Digital Photograph: London and Oxford Streets

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
27 May 2013
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 May 2013 of London Street in Lyttelton. Taken from Sumner Road looking west across the intersection of London and Oxford Streets. The photograph shows several empty sections and the remaining buildings.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
The Lyttelton streetscape has changed dramatically from its pre-earthquake appearance and will continue to change as new buildings are erected on empty sections. In this photograph London Street has lost most of the large landmark masonry buildings. The intersection in the foreground has had the buildings demolished on all four corners. Recording the transitional landscapes as the demolition and rebuilding unfolds acts not only as an aid to the memory of a hectic time, but also as a baseline for studying the new urban forms created by the rebuild. In 2013 the debate over what form and style replacement builds should take remains unresolved.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
Sumner Road; London Street
Associated event
Earthquake 4 September 2010; 04 September 2010; Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Earthquake, 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Earthquake, 13 June 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Associated period
2013/2010s
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
DSC06471
Accession number
2013.17.143

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