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The 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes dramatically changed Christchurch s landscape, with many heritage buildings lost.
Heritage advocates claim many of Christchurch s historic buildings were hastily bowled after the deadly February 2011 earthquake, while city leaders say safety was their priority. STEVEN WALTON reports.
Carolyn Fletcher loved living in the Gothic Revival-style Cranmer Courts building.
“As a little girl I looked at the place and said to my parents that would make a lovely place to live’. I just thought it was a gorgeous building,” she says.
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Cranmer Courts residents Carolyn Fletcher, left, and Phylippa Gough in front of the heritage building in 2012, before it demolished. ....

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