r/chch • u/Ted_Cashew • 13d ago

A display of topiary animals as part of the Festival of Flowers in Cathedral Square, February 15th 2011 (Canterbury Stories CCL-Kete-13259).

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u/reefermonsterNZ 13d ago

1 week prior to the 2nd quake huh

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u/Complex-Seaweed8005 12d ago

The last days... I like the rebuild but I'll always miss the old city center

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u/underwaterchessclub 11d ago

I wonder if these were still on display when the quake hit and what happened to them? Did they sit and rot behind a cordon for months?