Pallet Pavilion

It’s been some time since an earthquake update here, so briefly:

Not long ago we “celebrated” the 11.000^th quake since September 2010. I remember back then being amazed at reaching >1000 quakes. Perspective.

The largest quake since a while was last weekend (4.6) but we were away over the weekend and didn’t feel it. 

Google maps put up new satellite images of Chch and it’s interesting to bird-view the inner city. Strangly the place tags or whatever they’re called haven’t changed, so there’s plenty of restaurants etc listed where there are no more buildings. The images are from April last year, and heaps has changed again since then.
Have a look, zoom in, or, zooming out, notice all the light grey shades in the centre, that's all the deconstruction.

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Apart from the excruciating process of politicians trying to organize a rebuild of the city, it is actually a fascinating time to be living here. New things emerge all the time, and in-between buildings or usages of spaces make this a dynamic vibrant city. Really, I didn’t think two and a half years ago that I would ever describe Chch as fascinating and vibrant, so that can only be a good thing. 

One of the newer gap-fillers is a bar, or a small stage, or meeting area, build from pallets, the pallet pavilion. It is open air so clearly summer only, but it is a nice hang-out and when we were there some good musicians were performing. A nice out-of-the-box idea.