We were in Christchurch briefly two days ago and walked down to the city center. A beautiful city that is more like a ghost town now. Most of the city center is cordoned off with military roadblocks but you can see from these pictures the damage to the older buildings near the perimeter of the red zone. As is common, you have a building that was completely destroyed next to one that seems to have no damage at all. The older buildings seem to have fared the worst. None of these pictures are of the cathedral which is in the center of town and not visible from where we were allowed. The picture of the cafe shows what looked to be a beautiful street of restaurants on a small river running through the city, all deserted now. We had been hoping to have dinner there.
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