Re: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-24 Thread David Mann
On Apr 24, 2011, at 2:27 AM, Bob W wrote: it all looks rather post-apocalyptic. That's how I felt about it. The sound of blinds batting around in the breeze brought it home. Being a holiday weekend the Civil Defence and demolition workers were away and the only people about were police and

RE: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-24 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann [..] I'm trying not to get sentimental about it because we have to pick up and move on. It's the heritage buildings I'll miss the most. Some may be rebuilt but only if it can be done safely. build a

Re: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-24 Thread David Mann
On Apr 24, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bob W wrote: build a new heritage. Think about other places which have rebuilt completely - London after the great fire, Paris under Napoleon III, Berlin, Dresden, London again, Coventry, Saint-Malo etc. Yes, I think that's been mentioned by those in charge, and

RE: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-24 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann On Apr 24, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Bob W wrote: build a new heritage. Think about other places which have rebuilt completely - London after the great fire, Paris under Napoleon III, Berlin, Dresden, London

Re: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-24 Thread David Mann
On Apr 25, 2011, at 4:45 AM, Bob W wrote: if they offer temporary accommodation, make sure people get a clear definition of temporary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/02/postwar-prefab-houses-demolit ion-london I think I saw a video about that on the BBC website a while ago.

GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-23 Thread David Mann
Hi all, We took a 4-hour walk around the CBD cordon today. I didn't actually realise we were going to go all the way around, otherwise I'd have brought my own camera. Janet had her point shoot so she took a whole lot of photos on the way around. I took a few where she wanted to reach over

Re: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Those are quite moving. Dan On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:56 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Hi all, We took a 4-hour walk around the CBD cordon today.  I didn't actually realise we were going to go all the way around, otherwise I'd have brought my own camera.  Janet had her

RE: GESO: From The Cordon

2011-04-23 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann We took a 4-hour walk around the CBD cordon today. [...] http://www.multi.net.nz/from-the-cordon/ Seeing some of this stuff was quite sobering, especially the CTV site. After this walk I really believe