History of Avonside

To day I have been out with my cousin May and we visited the History of Avonside Exhibition first, then after a walk around the we drove around the Red Zone Area of Avonside.

Mary hadn't been to the city since the earthquakes so it was all new to her to see what was happening. Also in the Red Zone Area where all the houses have to come down. I hadn't been there for sometime and so many have gone already.



The exhibition is documenting the history of a red-zoned Christchurch suburb of Avonside

Thx 4 the Memories is the first part of a 10-year Place in Time project documenting the red-zoned suburb of Avonside as it transitions from Christchurch's second-oldest suburban area to parkland following the February 2011 earthquake.

The Place in Time project has been recording Christchurch and a cross-section of its people through photography, oral history and documentary writing since 2000.

The Avonside-focused exhibition opening on the afternoon of August 22 will feature edited-down versions of comprehensive oral histories from local residents.

Fifty panels set-up along Worcester Boulevard, between the Arts Centre's market square and Cathedral Square, would feature photographs of Avonside since the February quake, while the other side of the panels would display written excerpts from the oral histories and portraits of the residents involved.

The histories were compiled and written by UC senior arts lecturer Glenn Busch and are accompanied by portraits by Bridgit Anderson and landscape images by photography lecturer Tim Veling.

The display is part of the Christchurch Arts Festival.

The festival runs from August 22 to September 22.
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