Yesterday the mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, unveiled the draft CBD Plan for rebuilding the city. For a brief article, go to:
Take a virtual tour of the city centre showing views before and after the earthquake. This will help you to think about what has been lost and what needs to happen in the future. You can slide the arrows left and right to move between before and after images:
Then watch a video of an artist’s impression of what the new city will look like:
The response has been very positive so far, although the amount of money to be spent and the low height of the buildings may be an issue to some people including Christchurch businesses:
Now look at the plan, which contains a lot of information about Christchurch as a green city (pp 27-44), a distinctive low-rise city (pp 45-63) city life (pp65-82) and transport (pp83-100). Read what people in Christchurch people said they wanted for their city (in the coloured speech bubbles) and write down some of their comments. Then look at the many pictures and plans of what the new city will look like. Do you think that the city council has listened to what people want?
You can view the plan by clicking on:
