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The NG building at 212 Madras St, which the Government may have to buy or use earthquake laws to acquire to smooth the way for Christchurch s new stadium.
Earthquake powers may be used to forcibly acquire a 115-year-old building sitting on land needed for Christchurch’s new stadium. The NG building at 212 Madras St, built in 1905, survived the Canterbury earthquakes and is one of the last remaining buildings on a large parcel of land bordered by Madras, Hereford, Barbadoes and Tuam streets. But that area has been earmarked for a $473 million, 25,000-seat roofed stadium and multi-use arena, to replace the old Lancaster Park that was irreparably damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes.
Christchurch s top 10 post-earthquake heritage restorations
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Mike Yardley was among the many Christchurch residents to find their way to Latimer Square shortly after the devastating earthquake on February 22, 2011.
OPINION: February 22. It’s not just a date but a stake, a monumental marker that’s been driven deep and defining into the timeline of our lives. A date that elicits a heady spectrum of emotions and that reflexive sense of contorted discomfort in the pits of our stomachs. I’m not a big anniversary kind of guy. I don’t routinely binge on marking dates, but this year feels different because it is. The tenth anniversary of the February 22 earthquake is a potent milestone, serving not just as a totem to all we have lost, but equally, an exacting yardstick on how far or otherwise our city has risen again, from the wrenching depths of civic despair.