Christchurch was nearly wiped off the map in 2011, this is the story of how an entire city was rebuilt from scratch.
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Christchurch resident myself. I was a tier one Construction Contractor for heritage restorations. We are still actively working on ongoing projects more than 10 years later.
My brother was part of the Insurance Industry before, during, and since this event. My wife was an employee at the Cathedral cafe.
My twin boys were only 1, and don't remember the quakes. To them they have grown up in the ruins of the city my Wife, and family watched collapse in front of our eyes. They have also grown up watching us rebuild that wreckage into something that will carry them into the future. It hasn't been easy, and not everything was done right, but we are getting there.
Racist only talks about whites suffering
I feel really sorry for Christchurch residents living in a city with such a bleak city center around a beautiful church that isn't matched by any of the buildings around it. It could be such a little cute characteristic area without cars but instead there are parking spaces right in the center. Devestating
Christchurch: being rebuilt
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Well? What happend to the city Christchurch? Was the city rebuilt? 'Demolished' and a new one was built?
I bet Bishop Victoria did not raise money towards the restoration of the cathedral. I would have bowled it and using the stone etc, rebuilt a new one.
Sorry but Christchurch not rebuilding its cathedral is nothing like Paris who think Notre Dame! It would not even qualify as a cathedral in Europe just to mere church, and without any history.
Very happy to see the anglican cathederail restored. But unfortunetly its a rare survivor Christchurch was once a beutiful english city, now its more like las vegas strip full of hideous new buildings, certainly not the unluckiest city, no matter how bad your city is there's always one worse, but the heart and soul was torn out of ChristChurch.
Visited Christchurch 6 months after the quake could have cried. Recently visited Budapest where they are still restoring buildings bombed during WW2
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Can you imagine the kremlin rebuilding at this level. Nope , all they do is steal and run , blaming the locals and leaving them to survive at their own expense .
Nice to see an ex-Melbourne, Australia tram above ⬆
This is a great example of how long it takes to build anything in nz
So did he tell us if this was finished?
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Cities are NOT abandoned due to natural calamity, but by War.
Unluckiest city? I would have guessed Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
aceh city : hmm… naruhodo
Luck? Hardly. It was just the local gods showing their distaste for the name of the city.
5:01 More like "It's the country where they filmed the LotR and the Hobbit films, and where Peter Jackson comes from." 😎
After seeing the cathedral as a kid and then 2 years ago it was rather emotional to see this stunning building just rubble, when I was a kid I saw it while I was staying in the hotel opposite which is now the library
I was expecting more about the whole city than just the church based on the title.
So this is the first time I've had anything to say about your usually remarkable work. To call Christchurch "the World's Unluckiest City" is truly disrespectful of Port-au-Prince and all the other cities in Turkey, Syria, Morocco and elsewhere that have suffered far more deadly earthquakes recently. Please rectify.
So the rebuilding of a small city in one of the highest developed countries was difficult, costly and slow. Now imagine this happened in a poor Asian or African country…
If this is the worl unluckiest i dont know what Tanzania is 💔💔💔
The cathedral is one of the most boring things in the city. Always was. As someone who grew up there we lost so so much more and it's been a huge waste of money resurrecting this icon from a dead era.
It's so interesting to see my home documented on this channel. I moved here directly after the earthquakes when the CBD was still closed as a student and now I live in my own home on the hill. Seeing the rebuild of the city happen over the last 13 years has been an absolute treat and I could never think about living in a city where the new is not an every day occurance. I love what Christchurch has become, even with my daily walk part the cathedral.